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Understood - I guess there is still a mentality of she was asking for it in some people's minds - I feel comfortable that our football club would never knowingly put themselves in this position, by giving a player found guilty, either in a civil or law court. At the end of the day I guess it is...

I'm not sure who is "sticking up for a rapist" - certainly in my mind, if I am one of those you refer to, my question has only ever been to ask why people feel he should "never play football again" - as if that would make some difference to his victim?

Maybe all your maybes are right - as you say, who knows? Was there a jury in this case, being a civil hearing? I don't know, as I don't follow Scottish law? Going back to my very original point, why should someone "never play football again" for an offence that had nothing to do with football...

But there wasn't deemed enough to prosecute him in a court of law, hence he didn't go to prison - so, maybe as I said, he doesn't feel he is guilty so doesn't need to show contrition or be rehabilitated.

With my Devils advocate hat on again, maybe he doesn't think he is guilty, so saying "sorry" would mean nothing.

And that means he can't work? So if he apologised it would all be OK? Not sure that's how the legal system works.

To answer your last question first - no, I would have no sympathy. Rape is a choice crime, it doesn’t happen by accident. I was more playing Devils advocate with my original question. I like your vision of the farmer being applauded from the fence. Maybe VAR would even get involved if his...

Can I just ask, to those saying “he should never play football again”, is there a list of jobs that are acceptable for rapists to pursue? If he had been a farmer, would you say he should never farm again? I understand if there was risk involved, i.e. the victim had been a minor then he would...