Summary
THINK of a description such as vile, disgusting or revolting. Multiply it ten times, a hundred, a thousand. You are beginning to scratch the surface of just how bad it has been for jurors, and others, over the past nine weeks in what many believe was Scotland's worst child sex abuse trial.
It was no coincidence that, for the first time in the country's legal history, professional counsellors had been put on standby, ready to assist should any of the 15 jurors find it all too much after being exposed to the sort of evidence that caused even experienced police officers and lawyers to recoil in horror.See the full content of this document
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Horror Upon Horror That Unfolded in 'Worst Ever' Abuse Trial
At times the anguish was evident on faces around the courtroom, not just those in the jury box, and tears were shed. The comment of one woman who has more than 30 years' association with the courts said it all: "I have never known anything like this. It is just awful."
At times, it was difficult to know which was worse - the written word or photographs of abuse. Much of the evidence was "chat logs" - records of conversations via computer - and e-mail traffic between those in the...See the full content of this document
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