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They were in the dock and now in the clear: (from top l to r) Craig Whyte, Charles Green, David Whitehouse and Paul Clark. And (from bottom l to r) Imran Ahmad, David Grier and Gary Withey A senior judge has opened the door for criminal prosecutions over malicious Rangers fraud prosecutions saying it was in the interests of justice to release vital evidence sought in the case. The decision by Lord Tyre is a victory for former Rangers administrator David Whitehouse who has argued there should be a crime investigation after for the first time in Scottish legal history there were admissions of malicious and without probable cause prosecutions.
Judge told a crime probe is in the public interest over malicious prosecutions in the failed Rangers fraud case
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Judge told a crime probe is in the public interest over malicious prosecutions in the failed Rangers fraud case QUESTIONS emerged over whether there would be a public judge-led inquiry into the malicious prosecutions over the collapsed Rangers fraud case, as a former club administrator said it was in the public interest that there was a criminal probe. David Whitehouse has argued to a judge there should be a crime investigation after for the first time in Scottish legal history there were admissions of malicious and without probable cause prosecutions.
Opposition politicians suggested there were “grounds” for a judge-led inquiry into the Salmond affair, with Scottish Labour saying that public opinion on the issue should be taken into consideration.
In total, 46 per cent of Scots want to see a judge-led inquiry into the scandal, with a third (30 per cent) content for it to be in the hands of Holyrood.
A quarter of Scots (24 per cent) responded don’t know.
The figures come from a Savanta ComRes poll for The Scotsman where 1,009 Scottish adults were interviewed online between March 5 and 10.
Preferences for a judicial review are split down party lines. However, a significant minority of SNP voters in 2016 back the proposal.
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