Summary
A FRESH target in the row over the collapse of the World's End murders trial could emerge today, with the spotlight turning on the judge.
Since Lord Clarke ruled on Monday that Angus Sinclair had no case to answer, criticism has been levelled at the prosecutor, Alan Mackay, for not leading all the available evidence. However, in a statement to MSPs today, the Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini, QC, is expected to maintain the Crown's position that there had been enough evidence to allow the prosecution to continue. By implication, that would be saying Lord Clarke got it wrong.See the full content of this document
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So Who Is to Blame for World's End Trial Fiasco...?
It would not be the first time Lord Clarke has upset the Crown with a decision in a murder case. Earlier this year, after rulings by the judge, two men were acquitted of murdering a man thrown into a freezing canal.
A legal source said yesterday there was a school of thought that not every judge would have reached the same decision as Lord Clarke in the World's End case. "The word is that perhaps eight out of ten judges would have let [the case] go to the jury. That doesn't necessarily mean he was wrong; it might just say more about the courage of Lord Clarke than others to make hard decisions, which he must have known would cause a huge outcr...See the full content of this document
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