His firm became well-known for adverts with the voiceover 'You'd better call Ross Harper'.
The decision not to prosecute became a major political scandal and prompted the resignation of the then solicitor general Sir Nicholas Fairbairn The woman who became known as Carol X was walking home in Barrowfield in Glasgow's East End on October, 1980.
Senior prosecutors had become concerned at Carol’s mental fragility in the lead up to the trial in May 1981. Sweeney got 12 years for rape and assault, while the two other accused, one his brother, were convicted of indecent assault. : Carol also received £25,000 compensation after her court victory but her drinking as said to have taken every penny.had given her a home. Carol X led to a sea change in the way rape cases were treated in the Scottish courts.
“In the event she not only survived the ordeal of the court, but in spite of the severe emotions and vivid memories, survived well." More than 4000 guests enjoyed a night of entertainment and booze said to have cost Cochrane £47,000 - £500,000 in todays money. However Cochrane's Rotary Tools empire came crashing down three years later when the Londoner was charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act with fraud and providing women for sex in return for favours.
In 1976 Glasgow's Albany Hotel in Bothwell Street was one of the most luxurious and modern in Europe.
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