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Vicious Scots thug's jail dodge is an insult to survivors of domestic abuse

It took immense courage for domestic abuse victim Jordana Rutherford to come forward in the hope that the man who scarred her for life would be punished.

But when the courts only fined her attacker William Weir, any sense of justice being served was short-lived.

Instead of being jailed, Weir was allowed to buy his way out of his crime with a £1000 fine in compensation.

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