A younger West Lothian lady left scarred for all times by her ex-boyfriend has hit out after he escaped jail.
Jordana Rutherford stated she was in floods of tears when she came upon brute William Weir dodged jail on Monday, however had been ordered to pay her £1000 compensation as an alternative.
Jordana (20) instructed The Each day Report: “I’m in tears.
“I really feel terrible. I can’t imagine he didn’t get time inside.
“I wasn’t anticipating him to get years, however I did suppose he would have a minimum of received some jail time for what he put me via.
“He’s ruined my life and has mainly been let away with it.
“It’s disgusting.”
Jordana was simply 17 when William Weir knocked her unconscious throughout a violent assault on the Citizen M on Renfield Road, following an argument in November 2019.
Jordana, from West Calder, stated the terrifying ordeal triggered her to try to take her personal life to heal her ache, in addition to being the explanation she now experiences extreme panic assaults.
Weir lashed out amid an argument over him being with one other lady at a live performance they attended collectively on the o2 Academy within the metropolis’s South Aspect.
Chatting with the Report final month, Jordana stated: “What I went via that evening was completely terrifying.
“The state of affairs itself was horrible, however mentally and bodily I’m nonetheless broken. I nonetheless have nightmares about what occurred in that room.
“I’ve been left with a large scar on my head that could be a every day reminder of what he did to me.
Weir was charged with pushing Jordana on the physique, pulling her by the hair and putting her on the pinnacle.
Jordana has now stated she feels let down by the Scottish Justice System, branding it ‘ a joke’.
She added: “Folks get caught with 1000's of kilos value of medication and get years in jail, but he will get to break my life and just about will get away with it.
“I do know somebody who lately received six months for hashish, but clearly the courts aren’t bothered about jailing these bettering younger women.
“The justice system is an entire joke. To me the entire system is corrupt.
“I’m simply completely devastated and really feel so let down.”
Weir, from Larkhall, was discovered responsible after a two-day trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court docket to Jordana’s harm and everlasting disfigurement.
He was instructed to do 200 hours of unpaid work in addition to fork out the compensation.
Talking in regards to the £1000 compensation, Jordana stated: “Cash doesn’t change something, sadly.
“It makes up nothing for me. No quantity will take away the ache and struggling he has triggered.”
Livid Jordana stated she now understands why abuse victims fail to come back ahead.
She added: “No surprise these women and men are scared to talk out. What’s the purpose if that is how their abusers are punished?
“I’ve already had women message me to say that’s why they don’t come ahead.
“Of their phrases ‘it’s pointless, and worrying for nothing to be accomplished in regards to the crimes they've dedicated’.”
Following the sentencing, Moira Orr, Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin, stated: “William Weir subjected his then girlfriend to an appalling assault which left her with everlasting scarring.
“The sufferer is a younger lady who has proven braveness in holding Weir accountable for his prison behaviour.
“COPFS are dedicated to prosecuting crimes of home abuse successfully and appropriately, and to working with the police and our companions, to help victims via the prison justice course of.
“I encourage anybody who has been a sufferer of any such offences to report this to the police.”
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