Prosecutors in World's End retrial move

Friday 21 December 2012

Prosecutors in World's End retrial move

An application has been made by prosecutors which could see the man cleared over the World's End killings face a retrial, the Crown Office has said.

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Angus Sinclair stood trial in 2007 accused of murdering teenagers Christine Eadie and Helen Scott. He was cleared of the charges.

The 17-year-olds were last seen leaving the World's End bar in Edinburgh in 1977.

Scotland's Lord Advocate yesterday applied to the High Court for authority under double jeopardy legislation to set aside the acquittal of Sinclair and prosecute him again.

It is the first application to be made since the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 came into force last November.

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