Days later, Esther was arrested, handcuffed and told she could be charged with fabricating her claim, the Daily Record has reported. Police also refused to allow Esther’s mum to comfort her while she made her statement and would not let her go home after a medical exam, carried out by a male doctor. PIRC stated they preferred Esther’s ­evidence to that of a female officer who was present when she was forced to strip. He was eventually arrested at ­Heathrow Airport in 2015 and faced a rape trial at the High Court in ­Aberdeen. “We are seeing more rape and attempted rape cases but ­convictions are falling, with only four in 10 cases prosecuted leading to conviction.

Source: Daily Mirror April 01, 2018 19:43 UTC