The Honourable Lord Lake | |
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Senator of the College of Justice | |
Assumed office 18 May 2022 | |
Nominated by | Nicola Sturgeon As First Minister |
Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Profession | Advocate |
Jonathan Lake,Lord Lake QC is a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland who was appointed as a Senator in May 2022. [1] [2]
In April 2023,a one of Lord Lake's rulings received media attention for the sentence he passed onto a convicted rapist. Sean Hogg was not given a custodial sentence and instead given 270 hours of unpaid work. Lord Lake's ruling received some criticism,with a deputy Crown agent at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service calling it "unduly lenient". [3] The man was later acquitted after an appeal. [4]