Academic says current regime and ‘gentleman’s agreement’ not enough in social media age

The right to lifelong anonymity for rape complainers should finally be enshrined in Scots law, according to a coalition of legal experts and campaigners.

Despite a broad consensus in favour of complainer anonymity – which is a legal right in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as Australia, Ireland, Canada – there is no general prohibition on identifying sexual offence complainers in Scotland.

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