She has tried & failed on many an occasion to appeal this, using public money. She had the papers, she scrutinised the papers & presented her findings to the SCCRC. And to put it in simple terms, they laughed it out the building. Why? Many years on, she has no access to public money to do this all over again, so they resorted to using the charity in Glasgow that deals with MOJ's. They chucked the papers in the bin, which suggests to me, they wanted nothing to do with it, Why? Now it is down the path of using fund me platforms to raise money, that has also failed miserably.
Not true, Davie. I was not responsible for any of the appeals - that was the legal team. I prepared the SCCRC application for free, with the help of an extremely experienced QC who also worked for free.
The SCCRC didn't "Laugh it out of the building," did they? They found Luke's rights were breached, they found disclosure failings and so on. Everyone knows the CCCRC/SCCRC are not performing the very thing they were set up to do - independently scrutinising potential Miscarriages of Justice.
MOJO didn't throw the papers in the bin - they admitted they didn't have the knowledge or expertise to work on the case properly which is why
they approached
me for help. I had nothing to do with the request for MOJO to take the case.
Do you think because the funding platforms haven't been successful as yet, the work isn't getting done? You're wrong, it's just getting done more slowly than we needed. We might lose the opportunity that gave rise to the need for fundraising, but there will be others. And, for the record, I am still working for free, at my own expense.
When you're in that arena, Davie, your "feedback" might be worth something. Since you're not, I'll leave you to your opinions.
