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- ↑ "Team Members Archive". The Edinburgh Tram Inquiry. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ↑ "'Unduly lenient' sentence of rapist Sean Hogg to be appealed". BBC News. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ↑ "Man given community sentence for rape of girl, 13, is acquitted". BBC News. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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