A man who was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old schoolgirl in a park when he was 17 has had his conviction quashed in a “devastating” decision.
Sean Hogg, 22, was convicted in April of attacking the girl twice in Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, in 2018.It was alleged that Hogg, from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, attacked her on two occasions between March and June that year.The case sparked huge controversy as new sentencing guidelines saw him given 270 hours of community service rather than prison because he was under 25 when the alleged rape took place.
As far as she is concerned, she came forward. She told the truth. She spoke up. She believes the police and the jury did its duty.”Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC had previously said the Crown had accepted “mistakes were made at the trial” and today in the wake of the quashing of the whole conviction said it would not be "in the interests of justice to seek a new prosecution."She said: “I know the complainer's experience of the criminal justice system has been very difficult.
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