Former medical student from Inverness facing jail for rapes committed in Glasgow
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Daniel McFarlane preyed on the victim at her flat in Glasgow's west end.
The 23 year-old, now of Inverness, later contacted a friend to admit he had done "despicable things" – then tried to get him to delete the messages.
McFarlane denied the crimes, claiming any admissions of guilt were "false".
But, he was today convicted of two rape charges and of attempting to defeat the ends of justice following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
First offender McFarlane will be sentenced later this month.
The attacks occurred between December 2017 and February 2018.
McFarlane – also a talented amateur athlete – carried out one attack after returning from a competition in Sheffield.
His victim later told him: "You cannot keep doing stuff like that.
"I cannot keep forgiving you for things that you have done to me."
McFarlane was later confronted by a mutual friend in a series of messages.
In one, he claimed: "I did not rape her again".
McFarlane also said he knew he had "done things that are despicable".
His lawyer, Lorenzo Alonzi, asked: "Why did you say that?"
He replied: "I was just trying to pacify them. They (victim and friend) were saying 'you are a terrible person' and I was saying 'yes, just leave me alone'."
McFarlane later told jurors that he "regretted" sending such messages as he was "admitting to things that he did not do".
He insisted he did not rape the woman and asked for messages to be deleted as they were "false admissions".
Jurors found a further rape charge and an accusation of assaulting the same woman not proven.
Mr Alonzi asked for McFarlane not to be remanded pending sentencing, citing a number of reasons including treatment the rapist is receiving for a health condition.
Lord Scott agreed to continue bail meantime and adjourned the case for reports.
