Scotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial. In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces.
A justice system in a country still confused about what women actually are? WEll, good luck with that, dear!
“It is unacceptable and victims should feel able to speak out without further fear,” she continued, before underlining: “The supreme court ruling does not alter the statutory protections for those giving evidence.”
Then why have a Supreme Court at all? if you're just going to ignore what they say because you think you know better
Last Wednesday, the supreme court delivered its judgment in the case of two men appealing against rape convictions delivered in Scottish courts. Although both appeals were dismissed, the five judges ruled that Scotland’s courts needed to change their approach to the admission of evidence in such cases, warning its current process “is liable to result in violations of defendants’ rights to a fair trial under article 6 of the convention”.
So the lord advocate would rather not have fair trials under their jurisdiction?
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