Concern over revenge porn detection

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “concerned” by the police detection rate for so-called revenge porn cases in Scotland.

She said there is “still work to be done” in tackling the crime, involving intimate pictures or video of a person being shared online without their consent, and said laws made must be able to be “effectively used”.

The police detection rate for cases is at 39 per cent since a new law covering disclosing images without consent or threats to do so came into force last summer.

The figures, obtained by the BBC through freedom of information, cover July to December 2017.

Police Scotland received 225 complaints in that time, with 89 classified as detected or ready to be referred to the courts.

Ms Sturgeon said at First Minister’s Questions: “The message I took from these statistics that we saw this week ... is while putting laws in place is important, making sure that these laws can effectively be used is what matters most and I think these statistics tell us that there is still work to be done on this important issue.”