Rapist's sentence was 'unduly lenient'
The sentence of a man who was given community service after raping a 13-year-old girl was "unduly lenient" and should be appealed, the Lord Advocate has said.
Sean Hogg was 17 when he attacked his victim in Dalkeith Country Park on a number of occasions in 2018.
Due to new sentencing guidelines for under 25s, he was not jailed and instead given 270 hours of unpaid work. The Lord Advocate has now said the Crown should appeal the sentence.
Judge Lord Lake said if Hogg, now 21, had committed the crime when he was over 25, he would have given him a jail sentence of four or five years.