THE Tories have failed in a bid to quiz Scotland’s top law officers on decisions not to charge or prosecute Nicola Sturgeon.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay had submitted an urgent question to parliament looking to push Dorothy Bain – who as Lord Advocate is both head of prosecutions and the SNP Government’s top legal adviser – to speak on the investigation into Sturgeon after the former first minister’s estranged husband Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzlement.
