Unfair comment

It is grossly unfair that Kenny Macaskill suggests that the present Lord Advocate, James Woolfe, resigns due to the errors of his predecessor Frank Mulholland over the Rangers FC malicious prosecution (Scotsman, 20 January). There can be little doubt that Mr Macaaskill is fulfilling his current role as Alex Salmond's bag carrier when he makes this bizarre suggestion.

Doubtless Mr Woolfe's advice to the Holyrood Parliamentary Committee into the so-called "Salmond Affair" does not please Mr Salmond. In fact, he sounded off about this in the Belfast Telegraph yesterday.

To call for the head of James Woolfe over his predecessor's actions is patently absurd. Mr Macaskill and I in separate newspaper articles have called for a full inquiry into the matter of the admittedly malicious prosecution of the two Rangers FC administrators. I believe that inquiry can only be carried out by a senior legal figure from outside Scotland – not Eilish Angiolini yet again!

ALISTAIR BONNINGTON Former Hon Professor of Criminal Procedure, University of Glasgow