LORD ADVOCATE APPOINTS NEW BORDERS PROCURATOR FISCAL
Morag McLintock is the new District Procurator Fiscal for the Borders, the Lord Advocate, the Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC, announced today.
Ms McLintock, who most recently worked as Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute in Greenock, will now oversee prosecutions in Duns, Selkirk, Peebles and Jedburgh Sheriff Courts. She will also have responsibility for the investigation of sudden, suspicious and unexplained deaths.
Announcing the appointment, the Mrs Angiolini said:
"Morag McLintock is a valued member of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Since she joined five years ago, the skill and dedication which she has demonstrated in prosecuting all kinds of cases has been warmly welcomed by colleagues. In particular, in her most recent role, Ms McLintock has shown a strong sense of community, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the issues which are important at a local level.
"Our team in the Borders has an excellent record for listening to the communities they serve and responding to their needs and concerns. I am confident that this will continue and I know that Ms McLintock intends to build on the effective working relationships with partner agencies and to learn more about the issues affecting the communities of the Borders.
Morag McLintock said:
"I am delighted to be given this opportunity to lead the prosecution team in the Borders and welcome the exciting challenges that this new role will bring. My predecessor and the teams in the three local offices have clearly forged strong links with their communities and I look forward to building on these.
"We will continue to work with other local criminal justice agencies and Borders Council, to focus on tackling anti-social behaviour and disorder at a grass roots level. In doing so, we will make sure that the perpetrators of crime are dealt with swiftly, efficiently and effectively, in a manner which prioritises the interests of victims of crime and helps make our local towns and villages better places in which to live."
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Notes to editors:
1. Morag McLintock was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow in 1978. She studied Law at the University of Glasgow graduating in 1999 and completed the Diploma in Legal Practice at Glasgow Graduate School of Law in 2000.
2. She completed a traineeship at McGrigors in 2002 before joining Kidstons & Co, in Glasgow where she spent 15 months in Civil, Family and Commercial litigation. In January 2004, Morag joined COPFS as a Depute in Glasgow East Division and remained in this post until October 2008, when was appointed to her current role as Senior Depute at Greenock.
3. During the past nine months at Greenock, Morag has held responsibility for the prosecution of all sheriff and jury trials in this district.
3. Morag McLintock takes up post as District Procurator Fiscal for the Borders on 29 June 2009, replacing Vikki Welton, who has moved to Edinburgh
4. .The Borders Office deals with around 6000 cases a year and covers the Sheriff Court jurisdictions of Duns, Peebles Selkirk and Jedburgh.
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