Letters

Dear Editor, Olympics and the law: The life of Carl Ludwig ‘Luz’ Long was a very interesting article. I understand that Owens and Long maintained contact after the 1936 Games and that after the outbreak of WW2, Long wrote a letter to Owens to be passed on by the latter to Long's son in t

Dear Editor, My local newspaper, The Courier and Advertiser, has reported this week of a case at the High Court in Dundee in which a young woman admitted stabbing her partner during a struggle with a kitchen knife and causing his death.

Dear Editor, You published an article on 21st March 2024 entitled “Outer House allows proof in civil damages claim raised by Emily Drouet’s siblings against abusive boyfriend”. I note that you describe Ms Drouet as having “committed suicide after being abused by her boyfriend

Dear Editor, I read yesterday's article by Thomas Mitchell and surely sympathise with the campaign to make roads safer for motorcyclists. Certainly he is right in pointing out the poorer accident outcomes for motorcyclists than for other road users.

Dear Editor, We are, sadly, all too familiar with hearing or reading about the “Post Office Horizon Scandal”. The position in Scotland is even worse than in England.

Dear Editor, I often wonder what I will do in my retirement. Travelling, reading, cooking, spending more time with friends and family: these, perhaps mundane, activities are the sum of the picture that emerges – assuming I am to be so lucky.

Dear Editor, In his article in yesterday's SLN, Alistair Bonnington correctly attacks the concept of witnesses being coached. Such a practice is illegal and could amount to perversion of the course of justice.

Dear Editor, Stuart Munro's comprehensive and informed article on the current state of the Horizon scandal lucidly illustrates the shameful position which we have reached in Scotland.

Dear Editor, It is surprising that Kenneth Norrie attacks alleged "mendacity" on the part of others ("Kenneth Norrie: New trans law? What new trans law?") while asserting that the Scottish government's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was "killed by a UK Secretary of State".

Dear Editor, All power to Alistair Bonnington’s elbow in suing TV Licensing. It would not surprise me if their argument was that there had been some unfortunate mistake, thus suggesting that Alistair’s experience is an exception.

Dear Editor, In the lord advocate’s statement to the Scottish Parliament on 16 January, she said that cases of those subpostmasters convicted of fraud would be referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and that all cases would be considered on their merits.

Dear Editor, The prime minister asserts the wish to overturn the convictions of the sub-postmasters "swiftly" by legislation which could be in place by the end of the year.

Dear Editor, I read with sadness the article about Len Murray, a man I knew well through my father.

Dear Editor Can I say what a delight it is to read anything penned by Robert Shiels?

Dear Editor, Murder is broadly defined and universally recognised as the wilful destruction of human life with unlawful intent. The "intent" required needs to be “unlawful” and the “destruction” needs to be “wilful” which generally means that you can’t commi