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| McKie probe reaches final stages | McKie probe reaches final stages |
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| The parliamentary inquiry arising from the Shirley McKie fingerprint case has reached a watershed with its final evidence-taking session. | |
| MSPs questioned Scotland's most senior legal figure, the Lord Advocate Colin Boyd, and will also take evidence from Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson. | |
| Ms McKie was cleared of leaving a print at a murder scene in 1997 and received £750,000 in an out-of-court settlement. | Ms McKie was cleared of leaving a print at a murder scene in 1997 and received £750,000 in an out-of-court settlement. |
| The high-profile witnesses bring the total to have given evidence to 38. | |
| Evidence has been heard before MSPs on Holyrood's Justice 1 Committee. | Evidence has been heard before MSPs on Holyrood's Justice 1 Committee. |
| Former Strathclyde Police officer Ms McKie, from Troon, in Ayrshire, was cleared of lying on oath in 1999 after contesting the opinion of experts from the Scottish Fingerprint Service. | Former Strathclyde Police officer Ms McKie, from Troon, in Ayrshire, was cleared of lying on oath in 1999 after contesting the opinion of experts from the Scottish Fingerprint Service. |
| The lord advocate was questioned about his refusal to release full details of the criminal investigation into the service, the Mackay Report. | |
| Ms Jamieson was to be questioned over her refusal to set up a judicial inquiry, despite the four forensic scientists at the heart of the case continuing to deny their mistake. |