CAMPAIGNERS for sexual abuse victims have re-iterated support for moves to abolish corroboration as a cornerstone of Scottish criminal justice as they produced figures showing just 7% of reported rapes and attempted rapes get to court.
Rape Crisis Scotland say removing the requirement for corroboration in evidence gathering would make a "significant difference" to removing "long-standing concerns" about the ability of the justice system to respond effectively to rape.
Advocates and lawyers want a review of the criminal justice system, before the abolition of corroboration, which requires at least two independent pieces of evidence for a conviction.
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