An alleged teenage rapist has avoided justice because of Scottish Government backed rules designed to offer low-level offenders an alternative to prosecution.
The Sunday Mail can reveal that Crown prosecutors enacted “diversion from prosecutions” rules that then allowed the 17-year-old to avoid a trial and possible criminal conviction.
The Ayrshire youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested and charged but only hours before he was due in the dock prosecutors agreed to halt court proceedings.
