Islanders are being denied justice, saysLib Dem MSP
Daily Record|August 22, 2023
MOVING jury trials from island sheriff courts to the mainland restricts rural access to justice, an MSP claimed.
REBECCA MCCURDY 
Islanders are being denied justice, saysLib Dem MSP

Trials which would have been heard at Stornoway, Lerwick, Portree and Lochmaddy Sheriff Courts will now call at Inverness, Aberdeen or Peterhead due to "staff challenges" with the prisoner escort service, operated by GeoAmey.

This story is from the August 22, 2023 edition of Daily Record.

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