Sean Hogg, 22, was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl on various occasions in Dalkeith Park, Midlothian, in 2018, but the case will now be reviewed in an appeal court.
A man who avoided a prison sentence for rape is to have his conviction reviewed after prosecutors admitted"mistakes were made" during his trial.
He was instead given a community payback order with 270 hours of unpaid work due to new guidelines for sentences for under-25s. Hogg later claimed he was wrongfully convicted of the attacks and appealed, while the Crown Office planned to challenge his"unduly lenient" sentence. Ms Charteris said there were"three main issues: the decision to direct the jury on distress, an error made in directions, and also the verdict returned by the jury".
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