Question reference: S1W-01354
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 3 September 1999
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Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 January 2000
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether during the appeal proceedings any offer was made by Noel Ruddle's legal advisers to settle the appeal by agreeing to a conditional discharge, and if such an offer was made, what were the grounds for refusing it.
Answer
I refer to the Lord Advocate's letter of 10 September 1999 to Mrs Graham which addressed this point. A copy of that letter was placed at the time in SPICe.