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Air rage charges against a former Lord Advocate have been dropped. Former Lord Advocate Lord Fraser of Carmyllie has said he is "hugely relieved" that air rage charges have been dropped by prosecutors.
Prosecutors have said no proceedings are to be taken against Lord Fraser of Carmyllie over an alleged incident aboard a flight from London to Dundee.
The Crown Office said there was "insufficient evidence" of an offence having been committed.The Crown Office said there was "insufficient evidence" of an offence having been committed.
Lord Fraser, 61, had been charged with a breach of the Air Navigation Order 2005 on board a ScotAirways flight on 19 December. Lord Fraser, 61, had been charged with a breach of the Air Navigation Order 2005 on board a ScotAirways flight on from London to Dundee on 19 December.
Tayside Police arrested Lord Fraser, formerly Tory MP Peter Fraser, at Dundee airport. Tayside Police had arrested former Tory MP Peter Fraser at Dundee airport.
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Lord Fraser, who led the inquiry into the Scottish Parliament building project and the Lockerbie bombing prosecution, said the incident and publicity had greatly upset him. Lord Fraser, who led the inquiry into the Scottish Parliament building project and the Lockerbie bombing prosecution, was informed by BBC Scotland that the charges had been dropped.
He said: "As someone who has upheld the law throughout my life I can say the incident completely ruined my festive break and distressed not only me but my family. Scotland former top law officer said the experience had been "shocking" and he had never thought he had done anything wrong.
"Thank God for honourable political opponents who were on the plane and who have confirmed that nothing happened." Lord Fraser said: "Thank god for honourable political opponents because there was a former Labour MP, a present MP and shop steward who all said I did nothing wrong."
It is one of Lord Fraser's successors, the current lord advocate Elish Angiolini, who now heads the Crown Office. He said that he had been "bumped down" on the flight, meaning that he not been given the class of seat he expected,.
Lord Fraser said: "There is only one woman in Scotland to whom I owe any apology. The lord advocate. The peer said that he had complained to air crew about his seat on the flight but that he had been "perfectly polite".
"I doubted whether she had the independence of character not to make an unjustifiable spectacle of me. Forgive me Elish, you are a very worthy lord advocate." "To this evening I do not know what I am alleged to have done which caused upset," Lord Fraser said.
"It is not good for my reputation. I have been shocked. I can't sleep.
"All my life I have had only one objective, to pursue the law and then all that happens to me. I was so upset I just could not sleep".