Sex attack victim to sue courts to save other survivors from traumatic trial ordeal
sex attack victim whose treatment in the witness box was condemned by Scotland’s most senior judge is planning to sue court bosses for breaching her human rights.Shannon, 24, described her court ordeal as the worst experience of her life and told how she was subjected to “inhumane” questioning and accused of supplying drugs.Lord Justice General Lord Carloway said the victim was forced to endure “repetitive and at times irrelevant questioning” and described the case as a “serious failure in the administration of justice”.He criticised how Shannon was cross-examined, the conduct of defence solicitor Andy Aitken and that of presiding sheriff Peter Hammond as well as prosecutors for failing to intervene.After the Sunday Mail