Sean Hogg was spared jail by Judge Lord Lake in April and given unpaid work. But this week his conviction was quashed due to an 'insufficiency of evidence'The alleged victim of Sean Hogg, who had his conviction for raping a 13-year-old quashed because of trial 'mistakes', has demanded an apology from the judge.
The accused claimed he was wrongfully convicted of the attacks in Dalkeith Park, Midlothian, and appealed. Judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh then quashed his conviction after prosecutors admitted 'mistakes were made'. His conviction was quashed after an appeal found there was an 'insufficiency of evidence' and his defence said Lord Lake did not properly follow the correct legal procedures used in Scotland to establish the guilt of a rapist.
The lawyer told the court that it was wrong for Lord Lake to have told the jurors this. He said the witness's account of 'distress' could not corroborate the complainant's account. Hogg was spared jail by Judge Lord Lake at the High Court in Glasgow in April and was given 270 hours of unpaid work'Seeing him walking out the appeal court smirking says it all really. I feel like I've lied to her and that she will never believe another word I say.'
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