Court rules woman was raped, in landmark Scottish civil case

After criminal charges not proven', Ms AB says verdict shows women should never give up seeking justice

A Scottish court has ruled that a soldier raped a woman he met in a Dundee nightclub, after she sued him in a landmark civil action which she says proves that justice will always be done, no matter how long and bitter the journey".

In what is only the second ruling of its kind in recent Scottish legal history, a sheriff in Edinburgh found on Thursday that Sean Diamond, 28, a serving soldier in the British army, raped the woman after she fell asleep fully clothed on a friend's sofa on 14 July 2015. She was awarded damages of 119,250.