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Marcello Mega & Andy Shipley

Midlothian rape victim gets apology but feels like 'prisoner in own home'

The young victim of vile rapist Sean Hogg has been given an apology by Scotland's law chief - but says she is a ­“prisoner in her own home” because he dodged jail.

A judge sparked national outrage after handing Hogg a community service sentence instead of caging the brute for his horrific attack on the then 13-year-old in a Midlothian park.

Now the Record reports how a letter said 'sorry' for Crown Office failures to keep her informed and confirmed that bail conditions preventing Hogg approaching her in the run-up to his trial no longer apply.

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