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Malicious prosecution of Rangers administrators deserves public inquiry, says former Lord Advocate
The botched prosecution of two men working on behalf of the Ibrox club ended up costing the taxpayer at least £24m in an episode described as a stain on Scotland s justice system
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David Whitehouse and Paul Clark were former administrators of Rangers
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He also denied that anyone had acted with malice, despite the admission the prosecutions were malicious. Tory MSP Murdo Fraser led a Holyrood debate on what he described as an “unprecedented scandal in Scottish legal history” and has demanded that a judge outwith Scotland should lead an independent inquiry. Mr Fraser said the episode is “what we might expect to see in a third world dictatorship”, warning that despite the statement by the Lord Advocate yesterday, we are “no closer to an explanation how and why those individuals were victims of a malicious prosecution”. He also suggested that other pending cases means the £24 million already paid out “may just be the tip of the iceberg”, suggesting the bill to taxpayers could soar to more than £100 million.