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During his arrest, questioning and charge, Mr. Green was denied access to legal representation despite asking specifically and repeatedly to see a lawyer. “This is Scotland,” he was told; “ we decide when you see a lawyer.” This indeed was the common practice in Scotland at the time, practice subsequently found to be unlawful by the Supreme Court in the landmark Peter Cadder case. It seems probable, even certain, that competent legal advice would have seen Mr. Green released when the reason for his arrest was discovered to be without merit. Thus the original offence against Mr. Green’s human rights was compounded by the later denial of legal representation and advice. This new report is from a friend of impeccable credentials with whom I am collaborating; it reveals stunning new facts on the Alex Salmond affair: All respondents affirm that any statements declared are honest and wilfully contain no non sequiturs.
It is now clear that the scandal in this case is not the abuse of an innocent down syndrome girl, but the exploitation of an innocent down’s syndrome girl by snake oil salesmen, dubious activists, Christian fantasists, psychological manipulators, and delusional truthers who have become blind believers of an incompetent alternative media, just like the mainstream “sheep” they condemn!
It now appears that, in addition to the refusal of the Crown Office to investigate serious and well-substantiated crimes by establishment figures against a vulnerable minor, Robert Green’s original trial and conviction did not accord with legal requirements: thus undermining the very validity of the present long-drawn-out charges. In particular, the previous close association of ex-Procurator Fiscal, subsequently Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini, who failed to appear on the stand when called as a witness for the defence, and Sheriff Bowen, who presided over the hearing, run counter to the requirement that justice be seen to be done. If this is not awful enough, for the last 12 years Hollie and her mum Anne have been fighting to have the claims investigated, yet instead of receiving support they have been intiminated by the authorities.
A further consequence of the change from solemn to summary was the loss of legal aid support for Mr. Green. This removed Mr. Green’s legal defence team, led by Donald Findlay QC, and resulted in Mr. Green briefly having to defend himself. On 13 April 2011, Mr. Green appeared in Stonehaven Sheriff Court, facing PF [Procurator Fiscal, Scottish state prosecutor] Anne Currie. Ms. Currie’s response was to seek an accelerated process and an early trial date commencing on 5 June 2011. This remarkable position, on the face of it completely indefensible in terms of natural justice, was defended by Ms. Currie on the basis of an assertion that fifty people had been distressed by Mr. Green’s campaign and of those, she stated, half were suffering from trauma as a result.At this juncture, it is necessary to understand Mr. Green’s reasons for citing PF McGowan as defence witness number one. The main reason was a letter dated 4 December 2009 to Anne Greig in which Mr. McGowan stated that the former Procurator Fiscal in Aberdeen (and later Lord Advocate) Elish Angiolini was not involved in the case concerning Hollie Grieg, and was thus not responsible for the failure to carry out a thorough investigation into the abuse suffered by Hollie.
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