Grieving Ayrshire dad Stewart Dealing with, whose 13-year-old daughter Grace died after taking ecstasy, is backing Scotland's plans to axe the controversial 'not confirmed' verdict.
Stewart was left 'traumatised another time' when the person who admitted to giving Grace the deadly medicine in 2018 was acquitted after the jury returned a not confirmed verdict.
The bereaved Irvine dad-of-three, stated: "I am delighted with the information, the entire household could be very happy.
"I have been blown away. I am not a political individual however it's fantastic to see cross-party assist to abolish the not confirmed verdict. I am really pleased with the federal government for taking this daring step.
"I spoke with two rape victims yesterday they usually had been happy to listen to the information too.
"Not confirmed has affected lots of people, for me it was a brand new trauma on high of shedding Grace and the tragic manner we misplaced her. The decision actually does traumatise you another time."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon introduced this week, if accepted, a brand new Legal Justice Invoice would abolish the 'not confirmed' verdict and introduce higher safety for the anonymity of complainers in sexual offence instances.
Stewart and his household marked what would've been Grace's 18th birthday at her grave on July 30.
Stewart added: "The loss of life of Grace has affected all of my household each mentally and bodily.
"I am devastated and I can not sleep at evening. I am full of deep remorse and unhappiness that she'll by no means get to go on holidays along with her pals, or have a profession or a household of her personal. We have had a lot of huge milestones within the household this yr and its devastating Grace is not right here with us.
"The sensation of injustice by no means goes away."
Nevertheless, Stewart was inspired by the latest Inverclyde case which noticed a snapchat drug seller discovered responsible for killing a 14-year-old schoolgirl after supplying her with ecstasy.
He stated: "I used to be happy with the consequence within the tragic Cerys Reeve case which noticed the seller jailed for seven years.
"It will not be lengthy sufficient for Cerys' household however, it was the identical culpable murder cost as in Grace's case in order that's encouraging."
Stewart is hopeful this may spark extra modifications to the justice system, significantly for jurors.
He added: "Legal specialists might want to get collectively and determine one of the best plan of action shifting ahead. I am an advocate for jurors to be given some type of induction when they're chosen for jury obligation.
"It is a scary thought and I nonetheless cannot consider individuals aren't even given a 15-minute discuss their decisions, what the verdicts imply and the way that call impacts somebody's future."
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