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| Angiolini choice for top law post | |
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| Elish Angiolini has been nominated as Scotland's new senior law officer by First Minister Jack McConnell. | Elish Angiolini has been nominated as Scotland's new senior law officer by First Minister Jack McConnell. |
| If her appointment is approved, Ms Angiolini will replace Colin Boyd, who resigned from the position of lord advocate on Wednesday. | If her appointment is approved, Ms Angiolini will replace Colin Boyd, who resigned from the position of lord advocate on Wednesday. |
| Ms Angiolini has been solicitor general for the last five years. | Ms Angiolini has been solicitor general for the last five years. |
| Her nomination will now be considered by MSPs and if selected she will become the first woman to serve as Scotland's top prosecutor. | Her nomination will now be considered by MSPs and if selected she will become the first woman to serve as Scotland's top prosecutor. |
| She was put in temporary charge following Mr Boyd's decision to go and many observers have seen her as favourite to succeed him. | She was put in temporary charge following Mr Boyd's decision to go and many observers have seen her as favourite to succeed him. |
| The appointment of Elish Angiolini as solicitor general is one of the best decisions I have made as First Minister Jack McConnell | |
| If MSPs back Mr McConnell's candidate, the Queen will be asked to make the formal appointment. | If MSPs back Mr McConnell's candidate, the Queen will be asked to make the formal appointment. |
| Announcing his intention at a press conference in Edinburgh, Mr McConnell praised Ms Angiolini's performance as solicitor general. | |
| He said he had asked her to put the interests of victims and witnesses at the centre of the justice system. | |
| "Five years on, I have no doubt whatever that the appointment of Elish Angiolini as solicitor general is one of the best decisions I have made as first minister of Scotland," he said. | |
| "Our prosecution services today are admired, not ridiculed. | |
| Lord Boyd unexpectedly resigned after six years in the job | |
| "Victims and witnesses see justice implemented in the system, not delays or chaos." | |
| Mr McConnell said public confidence in the justice system was now returning. | |
| He cited other changes implemented by Ms Angiolini, including improvements in the way rape cases are prosecuted. | |
| "In Scotland's lord advocate I want to have a moderniser, someone who will help with and understand the implementation of our government's policy," he said. | |
| "But also someone who will be honest and consistent in their legal advice to cabinet and to ministers. | |
| "I want someone who will make independent decisions on prosecution with the integrity that the holder of this office has always had." |