Although Moorov was rightly convicted, this is an important case because it led to a new approach in convicting serial attackers. Scotland has arguably the finest judicial system in the world, although the author of this article does not agree.
First though, the facts. Moroov was a Russian Jew named Solomon Mazerovsky who emigrated to Scotland, changed his name, and set up a clothing business in Glasgow where he employed a number of women. Over a period of several years he performed a series of lewd acts including indecent assaults but was careful to do so in private.
In Scotland, before anyone can be convicted of any criminal act, there must be corroboration, ie at least two pieces of evidence. The sisterhood does not like this, and at the time of writing – December 24, 2023 – the Scottish sexual grievance industry is mounting an attack on the corroboration rule by redefining what the word means. This is a common leftist tactic. They are also trying to remove not proven verdicts and after that jury trials in rape cases, but that’s another story.
Moorov stood trial on May 6 and May 7, 1930; as stated, he was rightly convicted. His appeal was dismissed although his sentence was reduced. Here is the full judgement. (I have reformatted this page but have not corrected any grammatical errors, like misplaced apostrophes!)
The Moorov Doctrine is an extension of similar fact evidence. Originally called system, this was first used to convict the notorious brides-in-the-bath murderer George Smith, who was hanged in 1915.
Although similar fact evidence is sound, the police in Scotland and elsewhere use it to trawl for victims. There are many such trawls in this database, the most notorious being Operation Yewtree.
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