The rape conviction rate in Scotland has fallen to a 25-year low, with just 3% of cases reported to the police last year proven in court, according to new figures seen by The Herald.
Despite successive promises from ministers and the Crown Office to improve the rate, the figures represent an embarrassment for Elish Angiolini, the Lord Advocate, who has made it her personal mission to drive flagship changes to the way rape is prosecuted.
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