Originally Posted by
DANbudgieman
Wrong!
In Scottish law there is strictly no distinction between a not guilty and not proven verdict. The reason for this oddity is historic and beyond the scope of this forum.
The "not proven" verdict is however widely mis-understood (in Scotland) by the general public as being that the accused was guilty, but got away with their offence.
Indeed; widely considered, in Scotland, to mean: 'Not guilty - aye, right!'