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Alasdair Ferguson

Top judge blasts decision to drop fraud probe and pay ex-Rangers administrators £50m

General view of Ibrox Stadium (Image: Archives)

A TOP judge has expressed incredulity over prosecutors' decision to apologise to former Rangers administrators, adding that they shouldn’t have received a major compensation payout.

Former lord advocate James Wolffe was berated by his predecessor in a leaked memo after settling a case which saw the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) admitting to wrongdoing in its attempts to prosecute administrators involved with the Ibrox club.

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