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Published Date: 10 June 2008
GORDON BROWN'S plans to extend time limits for detaining terrorist suspects suffered a new blow today after Scotland's top prosecutor questioned the need for the change.
Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini's comments were immediately seized upon by opposition politicians. MPs today began debating moves to extend the time limit from 28 days to 42 days.

But the Lord Advocate said: "I am not aware of any case where an exte
nsion of the period beyond 28 days would have been required.

"I therefore share the view of (Director of public prosecutions] Sir Ken MacDonald and the former Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, that the requirement for an extension to the current 28 day is not supported by prosecution experience to date."

Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael said he could not think of a precedent for an intervention of this kind by the Lord Advocate.

He said: "It is incredible that the Home Secretary insists on continuing in the face of opposition, now from the Lord Advocate and the Director of Public Prosecutions.

"We must also bear in mind that Elish Angiolini is a career prosecutor and not a politician, unlike her predecessors."

SNP Community Safety Minister Fergus Ewing said: "We are not at all convinced that it is necessary to extend the period of 28 days within which someone can be held without charge to 42 days."





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  • Last Updated: 10 June 2008 2:08 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Terrorism in the UK
 
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Graham Simpson,

Vancouver 10/06/2008 17:41:00
The fact that we have an existing law allowing arrest without charge and detention without trial for 28 days, in a country which claims to be a democracy... is already sufficient obscenity and should be rescinded as quickly as possible.

The government of the day in Britain...so called social democrats, who want to extend this facist law to the ultimate, are responsible for bringing down the wrath of muslim fanatics apon this country. You cannot invade, slaughter and spread destruction, without provocation, on another country without retaliation. If you want to play the world bully... best behave like Thatcher and pick on small nations and societies who can't or won't fight back! Both the Russian and US imperialists have reaped bitter experiences in their post world war attempts to dominate small but determined nations who did bite back and sent them running... to think again!

The sooner Scotland can tear up the Act of Union with a fading, has been, world bully... the better for our country. We can be a a real democracy, with a strong, written constitution to prevent the excesses of power and corruption that are the 'British' way of life. There will be no reason for us to believe and fear the expanding, 'terrorism' inspired propaganda and legislation that is foisted apon us and increasingly, unchallenged by a supine electorate.





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tumshie heid,

10/06/2008 21:49:25
I truly hope that this is unsuccessful, we have less and less freedoms in this country daily. The government are creating a climate of fear to steamroller us into submission.

 

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