According to the conclusions of the SCCRC
- the evidence given by the dog handler was unreliable
- the evidence should not have been before the trial court
- Gilroy would have been found guilty of murder without the dog evidence
Given that I think it may be a long time before dog alerts alone become admissible in Scottish Courts. Gilroy was convicted on the basis of the evidence against him which I think was substantial.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission closed David Gilroy’s case for a miscarriage of justice part of the basis for which was as follows ...
One strand was fully and professionally examined by the SCCRC.
They concluded that the evidence given by the dog handler was unreliable.
They say that evidence should not have been before the trial court. However, they also say that the absence of the dog evidence would not have changed the guilty verdict.
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