He wasn’t ‘cleared’ as per your tweet - a verdict of ‘not proven’ was passed, which is a specific Scottish law outcome.
Miss M won £80,000 in damages from a man who had been cleared of raping her after a night out in Scotland.
Thought to be the first case of its kind, a sheriff in a civil action has ruled Mr Coxen raped the woman and demanded he pay damages.
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Scotish law has a not proven outcome which is neither ‘not guilty or guilty’ from the ‘criminal’ justice system. She went through the civil route which has a lower standard of proof.
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This is from the original tweet 'a civil action has ruled Mr Coxen raped the woman'
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