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a complainer’s account that she has been raped; that she was penetrated by the accused’s penis without her consent. That penetration does not require to be corroborated separately (Clause 236) A statement which is made by a

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a complainer’s account that they have been raped. Penetration does not need to be corroborated separately. A statement which is made by a complainer after the relevant incident is normally hearsay and cannot be used as proof of

in 2023-24. Sexual crimes account for 5% of all recorded crimes in Scotland. Rape & attempted rape Rape & attempted rape accounted for 17% of recorded Sexual crimes in 2023-24. There were 2,522 recorded rapes and attempted rapes

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whether the introduction of accounts from survivors, another was an account independent legal representation in such cases from parents of the family’s devastation following would be a welcome development. their daughter’s disclosure that

and not proven verdicts account for a significant proportion of acquittals. Rape & attempted rape 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Reported 1809 1878 2255 2426 2343 Prosecuted 216 251 246 313 300 Convicted 105 99

the country and which takes account of the realities and impact of receive the high quality trauma-informed support they sexual violence, as we work with the Scottish need and deserve. We look forward to the transition of Moray Rape Crisis

and for makers to account. Survivors are at the anyone else who wants to hear directly from survivors. core of our work at Rape Crisis Scotland and we In it, SRG members discuss their experiences from have continued to work closely

noti?ed before them. The accounts we hear show that there are vast inconsistencies in the level of service that survivors receive when it comes to information sharing. This restricts the ability of our services to advise survivors what they