“Ice Cream lawyer attacks fit up: justice in the dock: The lawyer who led Joe Steele’s fight for justice yesterday said his stunning victory will mean freedom for others behind bars for crimes they never committed. . .” Sunday Mail 28.3.04

“Police chief snubs TC’s demand for cash talks: Strathclyde Police has rejected Thomas ‘TC’ Campbell’s claim for compensation following the quashing of his conviction. . .” Evening Times 26.3.04.

“Miscarriage admission ‘not enough’: The police have not gone far enough in their apology to one of the two men cleared of the Ice Cream Wars murders, according to his lawyer [. . .] A letter from Strathclyde Police to Mr Campbell’s lawyers has accepted that a miscarriage of justice took place. . .” BBC 26.3.04.

“Police admit Ice Cream Wars miscarriage of justice” Scottish TV 25.3.04.

“Who did kill the Doyles?: Lord Kincraig turned to the jury of 10 women and five men at Glasgow High Court. He looked grim as he spelled out just what they would have to believe if the men accused of what was then Scotland?s worst multiple murder were to go free.

The judge warned that if Tommy ?TC? Campbell and Joe Steele were telling the truth, then the jury would have to accept that “not one or two or four but a large number of detectives have deliberately come here to perjure themselves, to build up a false case against an accused person”. It would mean there had been a conspiracy by officers of the “most sinister and serious kind… to saddle the accused wrongly with the crimes of murder and attempted murder, and a murder of a horrendous nature”. . .” Scotland on Sunday

“Framed me for murder: Rough justice victim Joe Steele today lifts the lid on his remarkable 20-year fight to prove his innocence. For two decades Steele, along with TC Campbell, was branded a mass murderer after the deaths of a family of six in Glasgow’s Ice Cream wars. Last week, the Appeal Court ruled he was a victim of the country’s worst miscarriage of justice. Steele spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of killing six members of the Doyle family, from Ruchazie, Glas-gow, in 1984. But now Steele, 42, is free to reveal for the first time the true horror of an innocent man jailed for a crime he did not commit. . .” Sunday Mail

“Tories? plans for law on internet grooming: The Scottish Tories yesterday unveiled plans for a new law to outlaw perverts preying on children in Scotland on the internet [. . .] The party?s deputy justice spokesman Margaret Mitchell has tabled a private member?s bill which would target predatory adults who seek to arrange meetings with Scots children using internet chatrooms, other websites, and mobile phone text messaging?a practice known as grooming. . .” Courier

“Tories target internet grooming: New legislation to outlaw internet grooming by paedophiles is to be launched in the Scottish Parliament. The member’s bill from Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell aims to make it illegal for adults to meet or arrange to meet someone under 16 for sex [. . .] Ms Mitchell said her bill was necessary because the Scottish Executive was taking too long to push through similar legislation north of the border. . .” BBC

“Kids ‘not safe’ from perverts on Net: The Tories today accused the Scottish Executive of “sitting on their hands” and not protecting children from paedophiles on the internet.
Tory deputy justice spokeswoman Margaret Mitchell said Scotland was lagging behind the rest of the UK in cracking down on the “grooming” of children by perverts. . .” Evening Times

Press release

“Mitchell proposes Grooming Bill” Scottish Conservative Party.

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Proposals for Members’ Bills.
Scroll to bottom of page. Note that a proposed member’s bill requires 11 supporters to register within a month of publication in the Business Bulletin, in order to win the right to introduce the bill to Parliament.

“Red light tolerance plea to MSPs: Prostitute support workers are to urge MSPs to back legislative plans to give councils legal powers to set up tolerance zones for vice girls to work.
The Scottish Prostitutes’ Education Project (Scot-Pep) is to ask the local government and transport committee to pledge support for new legislation. Research has shown that attacks vice girls in Edinburgh have risen tenfold since an unofficial zone was abandoned. . .” BBC

“Huge rise in vice girl attacks since city tolerance zone axed: Attacks on prostitutes have increased tenfold since the city?s unofficial tolerance zone was scrapped, new figures revealed today [. . .] Independent Lothians MSP Margo MacDonald, who has proposed a Scottish Parliament Bill to allow councils to designate red light tolerance zones, said the increase in violence showed how urgently the legislation was needed [. . .] Scotpep is due to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament?s Local Government Committee next week, as it considers Ms MacDonald?s Bill. . .” Evening News

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“Crusade to get vice girls off the street: Prostitutes could soon be touting for business on Scotland’s streets without fear of prosecution depending on the findings of a Scottish Executive expert group. But one of Glasgow’s most senior political figures has warned that setting up tolerance zones would allow criminal activity to flourish on our doorsteps with huge social repercussions. . .” Evening Times. Feature.

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Scotpep

Local Government and Transport Committee. Agenda and Papers for metting on 23.3.04.