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Former police chief calls for new look at Chhokar case

ONE of the senior officers in charge of the investigation into the murder of an Asian man more than 13 years ago has called for a fresh inquiry into the case, which was never solved.

Graeme Pearson, formerly Assistant Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, said the death of Surjit Singh Chhokar, which drew comparisons with the Stephen Lawrence case, was "unfinished business" and called for Scotland's Crown Office to reconsider investigating what remains one of Britain's most notorious unsolved murders.