Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including rapist care worker — Tuesday May 5

This week's review of all the latest headlines from the world of Scots law and beyond includes the family of a vulnerable woman who was sexually assaulted by a care worker speaking out.

Rapist care worker subjected woman with brain disorder to 'profound suffering'

A family has said their vulnerable mother was subjected to "profound suffering" at the hands of a rapist care worker who repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was living in a residential home - reports the BBC.

Robert Wilson, 53, has been found guilty of attacking Yvonne Carnie between August 2022 and February 2023 at the home in North Berwick, East Lothian.

Yvonne was receiving care as she had a progressive brain disorder which affected her mobility. Her family said she died age 70, before the case concluded and "without ever feeling truly safe again".

Wilson was also convicted of raping another woman in Tranent in 2013. He will be sentenced in June.

• Rapist care worker subjected woman with brain disorder to 'profound suffering' (BBC)
• Family of woman abused in East Lothian Council care home welcome conviction of attacker (Digby Brown)
• Care home worker repeatedly sexually assaulted vulnerable resident (STV News)
• 'STRIPPED OF DECENCY' Rapist Scots care home worker carried out sick sex attacks on vulnerable mum who told police he was ‘the bad man’ (Sun)

Winners announced at UK Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2026

Women legal practitioners from firms including Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Linklaters, Cooley and BCLP were among the winners at last week's Women and Diversity in Law Awards in London, reports Global Legal Post.

• Winners announced at UK Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2026 (Global Legal Post)
• The Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2025 Winners Announced (Organisers)

And in other news

Legal headlines from across the UK and beyond:

• Drug kingpin extradited from Dubai is jailed for six years (BBC)
• [£] Addleshaw Goddard in partner deal with Genesis Scottish Open (Herald)
• [£] Women judges may ‘lack confidence’ to apply for Supreme Court (Times)
• The Guardian view on assisted dying reform: now try a citizens’ assembly (Guardian)
• UK Civil Court System Faces Major Overhaul, Sources Indicate (Law.com)
• [£] Lawyer of the Week: Karen Tonge on convicting man for rape after miscarriage of justice (Times)
• [£] Reform on horizon for ‘inadequate’ class action system (Times)
• Nearly one million children in Scotland will never legally be sold tobacco under new UK law (Scottish Legal News)
• GB News commentator to sue charity for not offering internships to white people (Guardian)
• Hereditary peers' last hurrah as 700-year-old system abolished (BBC)
• [£] Mercedes and VW challenge FCA motor finance compensation scheme (Financial Times)
• Stephen Fry sues tech conference organisers for £100,000 over fall from stage (Guardian)
• [£] US soldier pleads not guilty over prediction trades on Maduro capture (Financial Times)
• Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins free speech award in Germany (Guardian)
• [£] Warning over threat to press freedom (Times)
• Passport chaos and the crisis that has consumed Dutch Eredivisie (ESPN)