No professional curiosity shown

Sir, – I am pleased to see that, however grudgingly, James Christie (Letters, March 22) concedes all my substantive points. All he can do in a futile attempt to exculpate the SNP is make false accusations.

Of course the SNP was not responsible for the scandal and I did not say this. There is little more pathetic than Ed Davey’s “It wisnae me” (I paraphrase).

It also ill behoves him to say I have “little understanding” of the issue. He does not know me and is not psychic, but does do a passable job at pomposity.

The Post Office had skin in the game, so although their conduct was reprehensible one can see why they chose that route.

The charge against the Snp/green-controlled Crown Office is that it was always within the law officers’ power to decide if it was in the public interest to prosecute at all.

They did not have to copy the PO slavishly, and should have shown professional curiosity – done their due diligence – in making their inquiries, for outside the bubble the scandal has been well known for years (I wonder whether James Christie reads Private Eye?)

But worse, they continued to prosecute long after the English had thrown in the towel and they continued to dig their heels in to resist exonerating subpostmasters (presumably to save face).

If James Christie were right (errr... he is not) and the Crown Office were “independent” then the whole department responsible for this would need sacked – for clearly they prosecuted irresponsibly on an utterly false basis, ruining hundreds of lives in the process.

And that would be their fault.

Adrian Grant. Freuchie.