STORM OVER LENIENT SENTENCES FOR TEEN WHO WAS MOLESTED AND LIVE-STREAMED ON SNAPCHAT
A 22-year-old man named Jordan Binnie has been sentenced after a disturbing incident where he sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping at a party.The assault was recorded by another individual, Fraser Anderson, who subsequently uploaded footage of the attack to Snapchat.
Binnie’s victim, Tracie Aldridge, who was 19 at the time, was horrified to discover the event the following day after a friend informed her about a social media message containing the video.
Binnie admitted to sexual assault at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday.
He was sentenced to 12 months in jail and placed on the sex offenders' register for ten years.
The court heard that Binnie, who has a record of violence, was assessed as being at risk of committing further violent crimes.
The attack occurred in June 2015 in Stirling, where Binnie had been drinking all day.
After Tracie fell asleep on a sofa, Anderson moved her shorts aside, allowing Binnie to carry out his assault with a sweeping brush he had picked up.
The next morning, the victim received a call from a friend about a video of the incident being shared with her acquaintances.
Fraser Anderson, also 22, admitted uploading footage of the assault to Snapchat.
Despite his confession, he avoided jail and was instead sentenced to 225 hours of unpaid work.
He had been found guilty of breaching the peace by sharing the video, and his record includes previous violent offenses.
Tracie has publicly condemned the leniency of the sentences, stating: "They ruined my life.
I've had two years of torment, and my life's never been the same since it happened.
I had to give up my job as a school cleaner because of the stress of it." She also criticized the justice system for its perceived light sentences for such crimes, saying: "I've been betrayed by the system.
Shoplifters get heavier sentences than they got." The victim expressed her anger towards the fact that both Binnie and Anderson had destroyed her life, and she felt justice was not properly served.
