Fears raised about 'close' relationship between the SNP and the 'independent' Lord Advocate after Murrell and Salmond scandals

Former SNP MP Joanna Cherry KC wrote a scathing evidence statement calling into question why the Lord Advocate sits in the Scottish Government Cabinet AND runs the Crown Office.

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