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Rape Crisis Scotland says leak of confidential documents relating to David Goodwillie civil case is 'clear breach of the justice process'.

The Crown Office is being urged to reconsider its stance after the footballer said he would go on trial.

Prosecutors are considering a new request from lawyers acting on behalf of David Goodwillie’s rape victim to bring criminal charges against the striker.Thomas L

The correspondence emerged days after David Goodwillie gave his first interview about the 2017 hearing that saw him branded a rapist.

David Goodwillie, the former Scotland international striker, has said he was “an innocent man” who had been denied the opportunity to move on in his first inter

David Goodwillie says hes "innocent" in first interview since civil court ruled he raped a woman.

David Goodwillie has conducted his first interview since a civil court ruled he raped a woman in 2011, claiming: "I am an innocent man".

David Goodwillie and former teammate David Robertson were ruled by a civil court judge in 2017 to have raped Denise Clair in 2011.

Earlier this month Hogg, who is now 21 years old, was spared prison because his sentencing judge at the High Court in Glasgow said his age at the time of the offence had to be taken into account.