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Roddy Dunlop KC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, has claimed that emergency legislation to quash convictions for Scottish sub-postmasters impacted by the Horizon scandal is a “misstep” which will see guilty people acquitted. Angela Constance, the Scottish justice secretary, confirmed that the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill will result in those who were wrongly convicted being exonerated and, with their convictions quashed, they will then be able to access the UK government’s financial redress scheme. However, Dunlop stated that the solution to the Horizon scandal in Scotland “should have been left with the courts”. He said: “I recognise immediately why the Scottish government is proceeding in this way. The understandable outcry over the Horizon scandal can doubtless be said to be unprecedented.” He added: “Legislation is a blunt tool. It means that people who were actually guilty will be acquitted, and be entitled to compensation.”
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