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Thursday's Scottish Daily Mail front page: Voice of common sense on SNP's soft justice #TomorrowsPapersToday #scotpapers 📷 Read more on #MailOnline dailymail.com/Scotland
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🚨 Exclusive: Public confidence in policing is at risk of being ‘eroded’ by claims that senior officers who are accused of misconduct are getting preferential treatment, Justice Secretary Neil Gray said dailymail.com/news/article-1… #police #policing #SNP #justice #crime
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Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Constable Jane Connors was redeployed to a policing role with the National Police Chiefs’ Council based in London while under ongoing investigation for bullying
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It comes after @MailOnlineScot revealed a civilian worker has accused Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs of sexual harassment. The complaint was sent to the SPA which assessed it and later notified Police Scotland that it did not meet the threshold for further investigation.
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In an outspoken intervention, he said: ‘We style ourselves a human rights-based organisation in Police Scotland - and I do support that. ‘But my priority is always the human rights of the victims of crime.’
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Chief Supt Rob Hay also demanded a review of lenient sentencing guidelines for under-25s, on the grounds of their supposedly immature brains
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THE PRISONER ♟️Coming to the Criterion Channel in July! criterion.com/current/posts/…
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I was struck by how quiet the Scottish Parliament chamber was when Stephen Flynn delivered his first speech as Economy Secretary. If MSPs don't bother to attend, what does that say about how seriously they take one of the biggest issues facing the country?
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New Justice Secretary Neil Gray told me today there was no need for a Murrell inquiry (watch this space for more of what he said, on other topics). But can Swinney's government move on from the scandal without one, as Murrell's sentencing approaches next week 👇
🔴 NEW: John Swinney promised a fresh start. Murrellgate killed it. Read my @MailOnlineScot column on Shoe-gate - and the government that never was 👇 mol.im/a/15901795 #Murrellgate #SNP #ScotlandPolitics #indyref2 #swinney
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NEW: BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight is to be closed after more than 50 years, as part of the first round of sweeping cuts that will see other shows shut and hundreds of staff depart.
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🔴 Exclusive: One of Scotland’s top police officers has been accused by a female civilian worker of sexual harassment, the Mail can reveal mol.im/a/15905375 #police #policing #justice #crime
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I think the case should be directed to the Chief Constable. If being employed by the authority frustrates the course of natural justice through ET then there needs to be a change to police act
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