Humza Yousaf pledges support for young sex assault victims in letter to Scots schoolboy after attack

pJustice Minister Humza Yousaf has written to a young victim of serious a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/child-sex-abusesexual assault/a to tell how he will help children in the same situation./p pThe politician reached out to the boy after the Record revealed the victim was a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/sex-crimeattacked/a by a teen in Angus in 2017, when he was just nine./p pWe told how the child#x2019;s mother was furious at how her son#x2019;s case was handled by a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/policepolice/a, social work and education chiefs./p p/ p/ pWe previously reported how at an online meeting, set up by the Record, Yousaf said he has already penned a handwritten message praising the lad#x2019;s bravery./p pNow a second typed letter, on a data-content-type=section-topic data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/scottish-governmentScottish Government/a notepaper, gives details about what legislation changes Yousaf hopes to introduce to protect victims./p pHe said he had discussed the case with Maree Todd, Scotland#x2019;s Minister for Children and Young People./p p/ pLast month, the Record told how the woman had taken her case to the Scottish Government./p pHer son received a significant five-figure criminal compensation payout and the teenage attacker was arrested and charged. He was referred to the Children#x2019;s Reporter./p pThe mum claimed in the Record that her family had been treated like criminals./p pLast night she said: #x201C;The communication and respect my son and I have both been given really means a lot.#x201D;/p