COPFS monthly listing for June 2008
June 2008
Tuesday 24/06/2008
The Lord Advocate, the Right Hon Elish Angiolini QC, today announced the appointment of Anne Currie as Area Procurator Fiscal for Grampian. Ms Currie is an experienced prosecutor with a particular interest in ensuring that services are designed to meet the diverse needs of local communities.
The Crown Office today emphasised that Fiscals continue to take decisions on crimes reported to them based on all of the facts and circumstances of the individual alleged offence, and do so in the public interest at all times.
Monday 23/06/2008
The Code of Practice for Working with Interpreters in Scottish Criminal Justice System is available on the Diversity page.
Monday 16/06/2008
An Expert Advisory Group on Sexual Crime, established by the Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini QC, met for the first time today in the Crown Office in Edinburgh. The permanent expert group brings together prosecutors, Rape Crisis Scotland, and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland to consider best practice in all aspects of the investigation and prosecution of sexual crime