Appeal Against Conviction By Ronnie Hume Mccafferty Against Her Majesty's Advocate
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Judge | Lord Drummond Young,Lord Justice General,Lord Brodie |
| Neutral Citation | [2019] HCJAC 92 |
| Court | High Court of Justiciary |
| Docket Number | HCA/2019/181/XC |
| Date | 13 December 2019 |
| Published date | 13 December 2019 |
APPEAL COURT, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY
[2019] HCJAC 92
HCA/2019/181/XC
Lord Justice General
Lord Brodie
Lord Drummond Young
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by LORD CARLOWAY, the LORD JUSTICE GENERAL
in
NOTE OF APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION
by
RONNIE HUME McCAFFERTY
Appellant
against
HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
Respondent
Appellant: MF Guarino (sol adv); Guarino & Thomson, East Kilbride
Respondent: Edwards QC AD; the Crown Agent
5 December 2019
General
[1] On 12 March 2019, at the High Court in Glasgow, the appellant was convicted of four
charges. The first two involved the complainer, namely KH, and libelled lewd, indecent and
libidinous practices at common law, when she was aged between 6 and 11, and under
section 6 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, when she was over 12
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