The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has announced that Strathclyde Police are to carry out a further investigation into the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar, who was killed in 1998. The investigation is to be carried out under Double Jeopardy legislation introduced in November last year.
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COPFS announces Double Jeopardy murder investigation
Posted by Glasgow Law Practice
on Monday, 30 January 2012
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on Monday, 19 December 2011
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Alcohol-fuelled violence is costing lives, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has said as statistics showed 97 people were victims of murder last year, with the vast majority of those accused under the influence of alcohol or drugs.