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Released today: the Gauci reward files

I am today releasing a number of previously unpublished police documents concerning the discussion of reward payments to the Crown’s most important witness, Tony Gauci, and his brother Paul. I shall be releasing further documents on different subjects between now … Continue reading

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Birlinn blog post

This is a post that I have just done for Birlinn’s blog. Scotland’s Shame argues that Lockerbie is the biggest scandal of the country’s post-devolution era. It sets out the failures, distortions and evasions of both the country’s prosecution service … Continue reading

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New press release

The following release has been sent out in the wake of this morning’s launch of Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters. Lockerbie 25th anniversary: Will Scotland head for independence with a justice system the country can’t believe in? Will the … Continue reading

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Text of book launch press release

Lockerbie 25th anniversary: Bereaved father accuses Crown Office and Scottish Government of protecting murderers  The greatest scandal of the post-devolution era “could threaten Scottish independence” The father of a woman killed in the Lockerbie bombing today makes his most outspoken … Continue reading

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An open letter to the lord advocate

Dr Jim Swire and I have today sent the following open letter to the lord advocate, Frank Mulholland QC. Dear Lord Advocate, Lockerbie In February 2012 John Ashton’s book Megrahi: You are my Jury was published. It revealed, inter alia, … Continue reading

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New book – Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters

My new book Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters will be published by Birlinn on 3 October. It features a remarkable foreword by Dr Jim Swire. The advance blurb says: The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the small … Continue reading

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