Summary
ALEX Salmond and his government came under fire last night for failing to inform parliament that a murderer had absconded from an open prison.
At First Minister's Questions, Mr Salmond spent 20 minutes defending the open prison estate, his government's record on absconders and the actions of his embattled justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, after the escape of Brian Martin from Castle Huntly jail in Perthshire.See the full content of this document
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Salmond Accused As Killer Goes On the Run
But it later emerged that Mr Salmond knew another prisoner - John Burt Brown - had absconded from Castle Huntly on Wednesday but failed to tell MSPs. The Scottish Government later admitted it was told about Brown on Wednesday evening - ...
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