Victim to be given £100,000 damages

Footballers David Goodwillie and David Robertson will not be selected to play for current clubs Plymouth Argyle and Cowdenbeath, respectively, until yesterday’s court judgment is considered.

Former Scotland international Goodwillie and his ex-Dundee United team-mate David Robertson have been ordered to pay £100,000 damages to Ms Clair despite never facing a criminal trial.

Goodwillie was accused of serious sexual assault in Armadale, West Lothian, in January 2011 but the charge was dropped in July that year.

Robertson was also questioned in connection with the incident.

Ms Clair had originally sought £500,000 in compensation but damages of £100,000 were agreed in the civil action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

In his judgment, Lord Armstrong said: “Having carefully examined and scrutinised the whole evidence in the case, I find the evidence for the pursuer to be cogent, persuasive and compelling.

“In the result, therefore, I find that in the early hours of Sunday January 2, 2011, at the flat in Greig Crescent, Armadale, both defenders took advantage of the pursuer when she was vulnerable through an excessive intake of alcohol and, because her cognitive functioning and decision-making processes were so impaired, was incapable of giving meaningful consent; and that they each raped her.”