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THE driver of a bin lorry which crashed and killed six people in Glasgow will be spared a private prosecution sought by the victims’ relatives, a judge ruled yesterday.
In a rare legal bid, family members of three victims had asked for permission from senior judges to bring criminal charges against driver Harry Clarke.
Only two such private prosecutions have been granted since 1900.
TONY FOX reports from a commemoration of the legendary Battle of Jarama in which four Stockton-on-Tees volunteers fell
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
