A top QC who said he would “shag” the head of a rape charity “just to have something over her” has been given a written ticking off by Scotland’s legal watchdog.
The criticism was the only penalty imposed on Brian McConnachie after he sent a series of improper messages, including a sexually explicit photograph of himself from the toilets of a high court building minutes after defending a rape accused.
The Faculty of Advocates’ complaints committee said McConnachie had already experienced “considerable embarrassment” through
the scandal and “suffered professionally and personally”.
