The teenage victim of rapist Sean Hogg has hit out after the brute appealed his conviction despite receiving only community service for the sex attack. The girl, just 13 when she was raped by Hogg, is dismayed after his lawyers launched a bid to have the conviction quashed.
Hogg, 21, got a community sentence of 270 hours’ unpaid work and was only placed on the sex offenders register for three years, provoking fury from women’s rights campaigners, including author JK Rowling. Speaking to the Record, the victim said: “I’m wondering what was the point? I’m angry that he walked out of court a free man but still gets to appeal. He was convicted of raping me but didn’t go to jail and he’s still not happy.”
The victim and her family have also urged the Crown Office to appeal against the leniency of the sentence imposed on Hogg. The victim said: “Who do I appeal to if the Crown Office won’t act?” The victim’s gran said that, while Hogg and his lawyers were pressing ahead with their appeal, “nobody is telling my granddaughter what her rights are”.
