SCRO Report
In June 2000, James Mackay was appointed by the Crown Office to investigate an accusation made in 1997 by four fingerprint experts from the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) against PC Shirley McKie leading to her arrest in 1998 on a charge of perjury. At McKie's trial in 1999, the SCRO fingerprint evidence was rejected and she was acquitted.
Mackay's interim report on the matter, which was submitted to the Crown Office on 3 August 2000 and on its strength the four SCRO fingerprint experts were suspended and Scottish ministers were informed. In October 2000, Mackay submitted his final report, which concluded that SCRO had made a mistake yet had not owned up to it. However, the Crown Office decided to take no action against the four fingerprint personnel, who had been reinstated in the SCRO.
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