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Sex attack victim to sue courts to save other survivors from traumatic trial ordeal

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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.

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