Uilleam 5,940 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Just noticed this in today's Times. I'm not sure about the reference to 'ongoing' cases. The sooner all of this stuff is no longer newsworthy, the better. Police pay Rangers administrator’s costs Marc Horne August 25 2018, 12:01am, The Times David Whitehouse says he was unlawfully detained by Police ScotlandDANNY LAWSON/PA Police Scotland has been ordered to pay legal costs to a former Rangers administrator. David Whitehouse, 52, and Paul Clark, from the administrator Duff and Phelps, were detained in November 2014 and later charged by police investigating Craig Whyte’s takeover of the club in 2011. The case was dropped after a court hearing before Lord Bannatyne in June last year. The administrators later raised a civil action seeking compensation, maintaining that they had been subjected to wrongful prosecution and their human rights had been infringed. A hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh was told that Mr Whitehouse was subjected to “wholly unfounded” criminal allegations for 18 months, which had a significant impact on him, his family and his career. Mr Whitehouse’s lawyers claimed that throughout the period of detention there were no reasonable grounds to suspect he had broken the law. They said that police obtained evidence without following proper legal procedure. His legal representatives said an indictment was issued against him without any “evidential basis”. The Herald reported that the force had been ordered to pay £130,000 in legal costs to Mr Whitehouse. Details of the award were revealed in a hearing for a Police Scotland challenge at the Court of Session over the amount of the costs. Mr Whitehouse said that “a great deal of time and public money had been wasted” in dealing with the claim. “That resulted in the court requiring the police to pay the substantial costs associated with their mistake,” he said. Police Scotland said they were involved in three related court cases. A spokesman said: “As these are ongoing, it is inappropriate for us to comment; however, it should be noted that as far as the financial aspects of one of these cases is involved, the sum eventually agreed upon had been independently audited following a challenge to the sums charged in the account.” Last year Mr Whyte was cleared of taking over the club by fraud at the end of a seven-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow. Fraud charges were previously dropped against Mr Whitehouse and Mr Clark; the former Rangers chief executive Charles Green; the solicitor Gary Withey; David Grier, a senior partner at Duff and Phelps; and the former Rangers director Imran Ahmad. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-pay-rangers-administrator-s-costs-n8wdkdqx8 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,044 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Lots of people have been subject to unfounded allegations should they not get some compensation . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,196 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 What an absolute clusterf**k and guess who picks up the bill !! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,744 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I have to commend the restraint shown by my fellow Bears who actually meet Whyte in person (one way or another) and haven't readjusted his face et al. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, compo said: Lots of people have been subject to unfounded allegations should they not get some compensation . Every single of of them is a slithering bastard. Edited August 25, 2018 by Gonzo79 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Just a pity the police never had them on sectarian singing charge, they would have been found guilty and locked up. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Just another part of the long con. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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