sean hogg was 17 when these offenders that offences were carried out. people who were under the age of 18 as well as under the age of 25 so that it as well as under the age of 25 so thatitis as well as under the age of 25 so that it is the justification from the judge's that it is the justification from thejudge's point that it is the justification from the judge's point of view but there has been a lot of reaction to this case in scotland today. i has been a lot of reaction to this case in scotland today.— has been a lot of reaction to this case in scotland today. i read out the uuote case in scotland today. i read out the quote from _ case in scotland today. i read out the quote from rape _ case in scotland today. i read out the quote from rape crisis - case in scotland today. i read out. the quote from rape crisis scotland, has the family put their statement out? is there any chance the authorities will try to overturn this? ~ ., ., ., ., this? we have not heard from the family back _ this? we have not heard from the family back from _ this? we have

sean hogg carried out the assault five years ago when he was 17.judge thinks they'd be better rehabilitated outside. the fulham player aleksandar mitrovic has been handed an eight—match ban by the football association for pushing a referee during their fa cup loss to manchester united last month. the serbian striker has also received a £75,000 fine. the british boxer amir khan has been banned from all sport for two years after testing positive for ostarine, a banned substance. the 36—year—old, who retired last may, accepted he broke anti—doping rules but insisted it wasn't intentional. buckingham palace has released an image of the formal invitation to the king's coronation on the 6th of may, and it's notable for the use of the title queen camilla for the first time in an official capacity. she has been referred to as queen consort since our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is with me. it is interesting, the image released of the king and the queen consort, as we have known and the invitation in which you have there invitation in which you hav

sean hogg is 21 years old, was found guilty of raping a vulnerable teenager at a park in midlothian .he time had to be taken into account when passing his sentence. hogg was sentenced . to sentence. hogg was sentenced. to 270 hours of community service. yeah yeah, exactly. alan collins is a partner at hugh james and he joins me now. alan i cannot believe that i'm reading out that a chap has got 270 hours of community service for raping an underage girl. community service for raping an underage girl . the case underage girl. the case certainly does raise eyebrows, doesn't it? put it mildly, because the expectation is extremely serious. offence would result in a very tough sentence and traditionally . you know, the and traditionally. you know, the whole idea of sentencing is to deter punish and reform . but i deter punish and reform. but i think we i was i'm not an expert on scottish law. my understanding is that the scottish government changed the law so that there is some greater emphasis , i believe, on greater emphasis, i believe, on repeal litigation and the judge, rightly or wrong

instead of a prison sentence, the judge handed sean hogg 270 hours of community service in line withprison. among those condemning the ruling is author j.k. rowling , who's tweeted j.k. rowling, who's tweeted progressive scotland 2023, where a man gets no jail time for raping a 13 year old girl in the park . young scottish men are park. young scottish men are effectively being told first time's free. well emma jane taylor, campaigner and founder of project 9010, is also outraged and she joins us in the studio . good morning to you, studio. good morning to you, emma jane . really good to have emma jane. really good to have you with us. i mean, this is a truly shocking story. your response to the story and j.k. rowling's comments as well. i think, you know, when you look at it, it's an ill considered sentence. it's not comparable to what the victim is now going to endure and face for the rest of their life. you just said there are 270 hours of community service. you break that down on an eight hour day. that's 34 days, one month community service . it's not it's just not service. it's