criminal
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Peter Murrell is not the first high profile political figure to end up before the criminal courts in Scotland but you would struggle to find such a vivid case.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Todd Spitzer has opened a criminal investigation into the potential disaster.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
As the case dragged on and the flak kept coming, Police Scotland's then chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone said their "diligent, thorough and proportionate" criminal inquiry was looking at potential embezzlement.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Kathleen Castle recalled how Hill found a space for her son Jake, then 20 years old and studying criminal justice, to attend the trial one day and then interview her for class.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
It has never been determined whether his assassin, a white petty criminal named James Earl Ray, acted alone, as he claimed, or as part of a conspiracy.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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