Dominic Devine

Dominic Devine (c.1957 – 6 August 2023) was a British convicted sex offender and serial rapist. Devine, known as the Beast of Ibrox, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for attacks against five women in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, including four rapes. He was the third person in Scottish history to be sentenced to life imprisonment for rape.

Crimes Devine was linked to the rapes of eight women in Ibrox between 1979 and 1987, although police suspected that he may have had other victims who were too afraid to come forward. He often ensured that large periods of time had passed between attacks in order to lull victims into a false sense of security. His attacks were characterised by extreme violence, with Devine frequently beating his victims with a hammer to subdue them. During one undated period, Devine was convicted and imprisoned for the attempted rape of his sister-in-law, but his attacks resumed after his release from prison.

Devine's final attack took place in early 1987, when he abducted a young woman from a bus stop in Shieldhall Road, dragged her to a railway embankment and raped her for several hours before trying to strangle her.

Imprisonment Devine served portions of his sentence at several different prisons. During his imprisonment he was reportedly friendly with infamous Scottish murderer Angus Sinclair.

By 2009, Devine had been transferred to HM Prison Shotts. He was again entered into the Training for Freedom program, having served 23 years of his life sentence, but was once again removed from the program after being caught smuggling drugs into the prison and was transferred to another facility.

Although it was reported in 2017 that Devine had been released, he was in fact still imprisoned at HMP Barlinnie as of 2023.