Lord Advocate

noun

(in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown: he acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice

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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC told campaigner Jules Rose in a letter that the probe "has not progressed as it should have".

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Yousaf, who served as Scottish justice secretary for three years, has written to the Lord Advocate to request the publication of a prosecution policy to clarify the COPFS' position.

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He gave the example of the non-prosecution policy the Lord Advocate set out for a drug consumption room in Glasgow.

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He ended by saying he recognised these were "sensitive matters" and requested a meeting with the Lord Advocate.

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Such an outspoken interview from a public official is unusual and is bound to echo the Lord Advocate's opinion.

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