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An inquiry is needed into the Peter Murrell scandal amid suspicion of ‘party political influence’ on police and prosecutors, Nicola Sturgeon’s former law tutor has said.
Alistair Bonnington, former honorary professor of law at Glasgow University, said it was ‘fantasy’ to claim that the ‘wrongdoing was restricted to one individual’.
He spoke out after MSPs voted down a bid to hold a Holyrood inquiry, while MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee are under pressure to launch a probe at Westminster. Speaking to the Mail, Mr Bonnington said: ‘I think there should be an inquiry. There are questions about the conduct of Police Scotland, the Crown and the Scottish Government in relation to this case.
Alistair Bonnington is a former honorary professor of law at Glasgow University
Peter Murrell at the High Court in Edinburgh during a hearing for the prosecution narrative to be read out
‘The suspicion which runs throughout the whole affair is that the Scottish Government has influenced both the police and the Crown in their work on the Murrell case for party political purposes. Police Scotland and the Crown should operate entirely independently of the Scottish Government.
‘There are large question marks over whether that is what happened here.’
Mr Bonnington added: ‘In a responsible democracy these inquiries would be undertaken by the government, but due to the SNP policy of obsessive secrecy we can dismiss any chance of that.’
Police Scotland, the Crown Office, and the Scottish Government were contacted for comment.
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