Legal expert claims UK Government should quash Scots Post Office convictions

A top legal expert has claimed the UK Government was wrong not to quash Post Office Horizon scandal convictions in Scotland.

He said this was because prosecutions north of the Border were undertaken by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Cherry asked the academic: "Has the UK Government taken the right approach by not extending the Bill to Scotland and Northern Ireland?""Given that the Scottish Government has indicated that it intends to mirror this legislation, it is very difficult to see how the Scottish Government could make different policy choices to any significant extent from those set down in the Bill.

Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced blanket legislation earlier this year to clear their names after a TV drama thrust the saga into the spotlight and sparked public outrage. First Minister Humza Yousaf followed suit soon after. "This should have been blindingly obvious. The purpose of the bill is to make sure convictions can be quashed quickly so that innocent people can be compensated.

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