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#NOTPROVEN

The Scottish Conservatives have pledged new legislation which would end the "not proven" verdict amid a series of criminal justice election promises. The Tories will look to make trial a straight decision between guilty and not guilty if the law is passed.

@Bigmarkyb said: “Think the best people to decide on any law revision are judges, QCS and other professionals in the legal system. Not an English branch office who want to anglicise Scottish law because they don’t understand it.”

@kilcoyne88817 replied: “All laws must be revised every so often. Justice must prevail for everyone.”

@cazziewazz posted: “I'd go for verdicts of ‘proven’ and ‘not proven’ as they're more accurate descriptions of outcomes”

@Mcp_kev commented: “Scottish and English law should be brought closer together. In this case, “not proven” should be introduced as an option in England, rather than removed here.”

@Highlandheather remarked: “Douglas Ross – Boris Johnson’s errand boy, desperately trying to turn Scots Law into English law one step at a time”

@Mcmoanyface said: “A mibbies aye mibbies naw verdict doesn’t really give anyone justice.”

@Johnwmacpherson added: “The majority of the Scottish legal profession disagree with them and oppose abolition of ‘not proven' verdicts, so this will be interesting.”

#GMB

The GMB union has recommended its NHS and Scottish Ambulance Service members vote to reject the Scottish Government's four per cent pay offer. GMB Scotland Organiser Karen Leonard said the proposal "doesn't go far enough".

@Leftpeggers said: “Not too sure many folk are going to view this positively. Just look down the road – one per cent in England, and from a lower base too.”

@Stevie1903 posted: “They deserve a decent pay rise but there must be some realism. To knock back four per cent at this time isn’t a good look.”

@S2plu82 remarked: “You take a job knowing what you are getting paid and four per cent is more than nearly any other business is offering.”

@itslegaltender added: “Rejecting a four per cent wage rise is nothing other than the union and Labour looking to gain a political advantage.”