A public inquiry into the Shirley McKie controversy took an unexpected twist yesterday when her legal team insisted that allegations she had a “romantic liaison” at a crime scene where a disputed print was found should now be fully explored by the hearings.
Gerry Moynihan, QC, counsel to the inquiry, referred to the claims during his opening statement on Tuesday. He said that Les Brown, a retired detective chief inspector with Strathclyde Police, had contacted the inquiry team with information he had gathered while conducting a private investigation into Ms McKie’s case, including a claim by a journalist that it was “well known in media circles” that she had a “romantic liaison” in the house of the murder victim Marion Ross.
Mr Brown also said