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‘Bloody-minded’ forensics officer told she can’t return to job

A fingerprint officer who was unfairly dismissed over the Shirley McKie scandal has been told she can never have her old job back because it would cause too much friction with her employers.

An employment appeal tribunal last week said there were liable to be “disastrous consequences” if Fiona McBride were reinstated, and worked again with court evidence.