A Highland GP has been charged over claims he posted abusive social media messages about his son's rape victim.

Dr Andrew McFarlane is understood to have been taken into custody on Wednesday, August 27, in connection with communication offences. His son, Daniel McFarlane, from Inverness, was jailed for five years in July 2022 for raping Glasgow student Ellie Wilson and attempting to defeat the ends of justice after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Rape survivor Ellie has since become a voice for victims of male sexual violence. Ellie, who says she was labelled an "attention seeker" for campaigning in the wake of her rapist's conviction, said survivors will stand up to those who seek to blame victims, reports the Record .

Earlier this year Dr McFarlane was reported to the Gen

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