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On the meter THE legal aid bill of the convicted husband of a senior Crown prosecutor has now topped £35,000 – with more public money still to come. Stephen Roberts, the husband of Nicky Patrick, Scotland’s procurator fiscal for homicide and crime, was convicted of running companies when he was disqualified as a director. As I revealed previously, Patrick held the largest shareholding in one of them, Log Six, although there is no suggestion that she knew about the management of the business. Roberts was due to be sentenced on Monday at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court but the case has been continued for further inquiries into his assets, pending possible confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act. ....