On the night of the attack, Brown picked up the woman who had been on a night out in Inverness – she had wanted to go back to her Highland village.

Instead, Brown drove past her destination before pulling into a lay-by near a farm, somewhere between Strathpeffer and Dingwall, and raped her.

He then left her in sub-zero temperatures in Dingwall.

Jailing Brown at the High Court in Stirling in May, judge Lord Renucci told him he had forced the teenager to undergo a terrifying ordeal. Brown had denied the charges.

The following month, six male councillors on Highland Council’s licensing committee voted in favour of Brown keeping his licences to operate a taxi business.

Four female councillors voted against the move.

Police Scotland had objected to Brown’s operator’s licence continuing.