The household of a younger mum who took her personal life after allegedly being sexually assaulted by two males have mentioned she is “only a statistic” to police following a choice to not prosecute one of many pair.
Mom-of-two Jenna Johnson, 27, died at house in Thurso, Caithness, in January 2019.
She had advised shut mates she had been drugged and raped by two males simply over per week earlier.
Jenna mentioned that they had filmed the assault and threatened to publish the footage on-line, warning that she would lose her kids consequently.
Her mum and sister had hoped one of many suspects, who was charged in December 2020, can be prosecuted however Police Scotland mentioned this week it could not be continuing with the probe.
One of many males named by Jenna, Stewart Dixon, died earlier this 12 months. He was additionally linked to the dying of native man Stefan Sutherland.
Police initially insisted there have been no suspicious circumstances round Jenna’s dying however, following strain from her household and a sequence of revelations within the Document, they obtained warrants to go looking the properties of the lads.
It’s understood officers seized gadgets together with mobiles and, following forensic examination, the suspects had been charged in 2020 with sexually assaulting Jenna a 12 months earlier.
However Jenna’s mum Carol Forrest, who takes care of her daughter’s kids, advised how she and daughter Kelsey – Jenna’s sister – had been left distraught.
Carol mentioned: “We had been assured by the native procurator fiscal that they had been doing all they may, so we held out some hope.
“Jenna had all the things to dwell for and she or he was the final particular person you’d suppose would die in such a approach.
“We all know the police wouldn't have charged them if that they had not obtained some proof that compelled them to rethink their earlier place, so we are able to’t actually perceive why the man who remains to be alive isn’t going to court docket.
“Jenna is only a statistic to them, however she’s my daughter, Kelsey’s sister and mom to 2 youngsters who miss her desperately day-after-day.”
One among Jenna’s greatest mates, Shane Ross, added: “The justice system has let her down.”
A spokesman for the Crown Workplace mentioned: “After cautious consideration of the details and circumstances, together with the accessible admissible proof, the procurator fiscal determined that there ought to be no proceedings right now.”
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