22-year-old Sean Hogg, whose case had caused a row over Scotland’s sentencing guidelines for young people, will not have to face a retrial
Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC said it would not be in the public interest to seek a retrial of Sean Hogg A man who was controversially sentenced to unpaid work after being convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl has had his conviction quashed, leaving his accuser “devastated”.He was convicted of raping the 13-year-old on various occasions in 2018, when he was aged 17, but was spared jail by Judge Lord Lake at the High Court in Glasgow in April.
On Wednesday, judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh quashed his conviction after prosecutors admitted “mistakes were made” during his trial. Speaking after Mr Hogg’s conviction was quashed, his accuser said she now had “no hope of closure”. She also urged the Scottish Government not to introduce juryless rape trials, as is currently under consideration.
“Whilst she appreciates that senior judges have come to this decision after very careful consideration, nonetheless that does not take away from her feeling of devastation and knowing that there is no hope of closure.
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