A former St Andrews University student is suing a man who was cleared of raping her following a High Court trial more than two years ago.
Stephen Coxen had been charged with raping the student at her flat while she was drunk during freshers’ week in 2013.
However, a jury found the case against him not proven in November 2015.
Coxen had denied the charge.
Miss M has now mounted an action through the civil courts, seeking just under £100,000 in damages and financial losses.
The landmark case is understood to be the first time in almost a century a woman has mounted a civil action in Scotland after an unsuccessful rape prosecution.
