A lorry driver repeatedly raped a ten-year-old girl after he tied her up with tape at his home.

Brian Dick bound the victim's mouth and hands with tape during the attacks over the course of a year in the village of Maddiston, near Falkirk.

When police carried out a search at his home in Forgie Crescent they found a "conquest list" of girls and young women he had raped or had sex with.

Dick, of North Main Street, Carronshore, Falkirk, had denied raping the girl but was unanimously found guilty of repeatedly raping the girl between March 2008 and August in 2009, after a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

The former lorry driver was also convicted of indecency offences against a further three under age girls between 1991 and 2005.

The rape victim, whose evidence was shown to jurors on screens, told the court that the first time he sexually assaulted her she was in primary five or six.

When the youngster was interviewed by police, she wrote down many of the details of the attacks.

The girl said Dick took her to the house where he showed her sexually explicit images on a computer before he raped her.

During evidence, the girl who is now 13 years old, said she had felt "sick" after every time Dick sexually assaulted her.

Dick denied the rape and other offences, but did not give evidence at his trial.

The 41-year-old was found guilty of a total of eight sex offences, including being in possession of child abuse images at his home on August 6, 2009.

Advocate depute Tim Niven-Smith said: "You can legitimately infer it is a conquest list. Unpleasant as that may be it seems he keeps a list of people he has had sex with."

After the verdict was returned, judge John Morris QC placed Dick on the sex offenders register. He deferred sentence on him for a background report and risk assessment.

Dick, who was previously on bail, was remanded in custody. The judge told jurors it had been a very unpleasant case.

Detective Inspector Pat Scroggie, who lead the investigation, said: "This has been a pain-staking investigation which lasted two and a half years and involved working closely with other forces and other agencies.

"The abuse these children suffered was horrendous and dated back over four decades. This investigation shows that we will leave no stone unturned to trace such abhorent and dangerous people.

"Our priority is to protect children and the most vulnerable in our communities and to bring those responsible to justice.

"Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and hope this can help them, in some small way, to rebuild their lives."