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Catastrophic ... Seismic ... It could cause enormous disruption ... It’s hard to overstate its significance

THE head of Scotland’s ­prosecution service has ­admitted a looming change to suspects’ rights could have a “catastrophic” effect on public confidence in the justice system.

Elish Angiolini, the Lord Advocate, also said a UK Supreme Court ­decision on how the police are allowed to interview suspects could result in “enormous” disruption, with around 100,000 cases requiring emergency reviews.