Chief constable loses information battle

ALEX WALKER

But last year the Scottish Information Commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, found the force had wrongly applied exemptions.

Police went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking to have the decision quashed.

However, the judges refused the appeal as they were satisfied that the commissioner gave clear and intelligible reasons for her final decision.

Meanwhile, RAF senior legal officer Daren Fitzhenry is to be put forward as the next commissioner to MSPs.