Call for abolition of 'not proven' verdict in Scottish law

Country’s three-verdict system criticised for leaving accused innocent in the eyes of the lawA woman who won a landmark civil action after the criminal case against the man she accused of raping her on a university freshers’ week night out was found not proven is calling for the abolition of the controversial Scottish verdict that acquits an accused person but stops short of finding them not guilty.The former student, known as Miss M, is calling for the not proven verdict to be scrap