Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE

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9 DECEMBER 2010

SCOTTISH CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION - MEGRAHI STATEMENT OF REASONS 

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service confirmed today that it has co-operated fully with the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in its consideration of publication of the Statement of Reasons, within the constraints imposed on the SCCRC and COPFS by law.

These legal constraints were recognised and accepted by the Scottish Parliament when it legislated earlier this year to allow publication, subject to the consent of all those who provided the information.

COPFS confirmed to the SCCRC in February 2010 that it would, in conjunction with Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, facilitate contact by the SCCRC with the individuals and foreign authorities who had provided the information referred to in the Statement of Reasons, in order to allow the SCCRC to obtain their consent.

This offer was not taken up by the SCCRC.

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