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| Prisoner rape case review ordered | |
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| Ministers have ordered a review at an open prison after an inmate raped a schoolgirl while on the run. | |
| Robert Foye, 28, admitted raping the 16-year-old girl in Cumbernauld in August last year after absconding from Castle Huntly, near Dundee. | |
| Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has asked for an internal review of the jail by the Scottish Prison Service. | |
| First Minister Alex Salmond pledged to tackle "deficiencies" in the system after the case was raised at Holyrood. | |
| Speaking during question time, Mr Salmond said the problems would be tackled through the government's prisons commission. | |
| 'Shocking' attack | |
| Foye, who has yet to be sentenced after admitting the assault at the High Court in Glasgow, was allowed out of Castle Huntly to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, but did not return. | Foye, who has yet to be sentenced after admitting the assault at the High Court in Glasgow, was allowed out of Castle Huntly to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, but did not return. |
| He had been on the run for almost a week when he carried out the attack - and half-way through a 10-year sentence for attempting to murder a policeman. | He had been on the run for almost a week when he carried out the attack - and half-way through a 10-year sentence for attempting to murder a policeman. |
| Labour leader Wendy Alexander said of Foye: "I was told this was only his second ever visit out of prison. A man like this should not have been allowed out on his own." | |
| She asked: "What reassurance will the first minister offer that this will not happen again?" | |
| An internal review has been ordered at Castle Huntly | |
| Responding to the concerns, Mr Salmond told MSPs: "I clearly think there are deficiencies within the system that this case illustrates and these deficiencies should be addressed." | Responding to the concerns, Mr Salmond told MSPs: "I clearly think there are deficiencies within the system that this case illustrates and these deficiencies should be addressed." |
| He said the case was a shocking one, adding: "We should start by praising the courage of the victim of the attack, who helped to secure the apprehension and conviction of Robert Foye." | |
| Figures showed there were 75 people who had absconded in 2006-07. | |
| This, the first minister said, was a small number, but still "75 too many." | |
| "It is, however, an ever-present risk within an open prison system," he said. |