welcome to bbc news. straight back to new york where donald trump will be in court in the next few hours, to face criminal charges. that has never happened before and as you d expect, huge focus on the former president. these are live pictures from manhattan, outside the courthouse. there s a heavy security presence, as you d imagine. the charges relate to hush money paid to a porn star just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. donald trump is currently holed up at trump tower with his legal team in the hours before going to manhattan and the courthouse. we will learn the charges themselves when the indictment is unsealed. in terms of what we re likely to see thejudge has ruled, that the media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom just before the hearing gets under way but tv cameras will only be allowed in the corridors outside. let s get the latest from our correspondent gary o donoghue who is live from outside the court in manhatt
in scotland, a community sentence no jail time handed down to a man who raped a 13 year old schoolgirl when he was 17, has been described as extraordinary by a leading kc. sean hogg, now 21, attacked the girl in midlothian, on various occasions in 2018. tommy ross kc said the 270 hour community sentence was very unusual and punishment has also been condemned by rape crisis scotland, who said it was inexplicable . live now to our scotland correspondent james shaw. it correspondent james shaw. seems absolutely extr understand it seems absolutely extraordinary,. understand this case, you have to understand the sentencing guidelines forjudges in scotland were changed last year. in 2022, for people under 25, judges were advised they should emphasise the rehabilitation aspect