WHEN the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) referred the Lockerbie case back for a fresh appeal in June 2007 they were only able to publish a summary of their findings.
At that stage if they had published the full report they could have been prosecuted. Legally their hands were tied.
In an effort to get the report published, the Scottish Government passed a statutory instrument, which meant it would no longer be a criminal act for the SCCRC to publish such reports.
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