Glasgow Crime Stories: The story of Maurice Swanson and how pardon after bank robbery
To make matters worse there were no grounds for an appeal. Beltrami later said:"It would have also have been the height of folly to appeal the sentence which was far from excessive "At that time a failed appeal could also result in an increase in sentence." Swanson was destined to serve time for a crime he said he hadn't committed. However a bizarre twist of fate was about to throw him an unexpected lifeline. The following year a man appeared at Edinburgh Court Sheriff charged with various bank robberies in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He asked Beltrami to represent him and said he woul...
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