A Scot has become the first person to be found guilty of 'sex without consent' in a landmark case that could make it easier to bring sex attackers to justice in future.
David Findlay, 32, has been convicted of forcing himself on a young woman, but instead of being prosecuted for the crime of rape, which is notoriously hard to prove without witnesses or corroborating medical evidence – he was prosecuted under Scotland's new domestic abuse laws.
A High Court jury ruled he had sex with a former girlfriend without her consent as part of a pattern of violent and coercive behaviour.
