Holyrood committee split on ‘controversial’ plan for juryless rape trials
PROPOSALS to introduce judge-only rape trials have split a Holyrood committee.
MSPs on the criminal justice committee agreed the suggestion not to use juries was “one of the most controversial” of a Bill which aims to make major changes to the justice system.
Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association have already threatened to boycott such trials.
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