Lord Advocate to make statement to parliament
12 Sep 07
Answers sought for reasons behind handling of "World's End" prosecution
The Lord Advocate is to make a statement to the Scottish Parliament tomorrow explaining the Crown Office’s approach to the "World’s End" trial, following the collapse of the case in court on Monday.
Elish Angiolini has already met with the cabinet to talk about what happened. Angus Sinclair, 62, was acquitted of the murder of Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, whose battered bodies were found in East Lothian in October 1977. The girls were last seen alive at the World's End public house in Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
Trial judge Lord Clarke ruled that there was insufficient evidence to allow the case to go to the jury.
Concerns have been raised by MSPs and others over the way the Crown Office handled the prosecution, particularly because so little of the evidence claimed to have been available was presented to the jury.