Man convicted of raping 13-year-old girl in Scotland acquitted on appeal

Judge says there was insufficient evidence to convict Sean Hogg, whose 270-hour community sentence prompted anger in April

A man who prompted a row about lenient sentencing for young offenders when he avoided jail after his conviction for raping a 13-year-old girl has had that conviction quashed.

Campaigners and politicians reacted with outrage in April when 22-year-old Sean Hogg was given a 270-hour community payback order by a judge, Lord Lake, who said that had he been older than 25 when he committed the offence he would have faced a four- or five-year custodial sentence.