Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale
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Born | Alastair Peter Campbell 18 September 1949 Skye, Scotland |
Spouse | Flora Beaton |
Children | One son, two daughters |
Residence | North Berwick |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen University of Strathclyde |
Occupation | Judge |
Profession | Advocate |
Website | Judiciary of Scotland |
Alastair Peter Campbell, Lord Bracadale (born 18 September 1949) is a retired senior Scottish judge.[1]
Early life
Campbell was born on 18 September 1949
Legal career
Campbell was admitted as a solicitor in 1979
Lockerbie trial
Campbell was senior counsel for the Crown (prosecutor) in the trial over the Lockerbie bombing at the Scottish Court in the Netherlands, under former Lord Advocate Lord Boyd of Duncansby, and alongside Alan Turnbull, also now a judge. Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was found guilty of the 270 murders, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001. The conviction, though controversial, was upheld on appeal and the successful prosecution brought Campbell international prominence.
Judicial career
In 2003, Campbell was appointed a
In 2010, he was the judge in HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan.
In 2012, he twice presided over murder trials which resulted in convictions despite the absence of a body. In the first of these, HMA v Gilroy, television cameras were allowed into the High Court in Edinburgh to record the sentencing of the convicted, David Gilroy. This marked the first time in the United Kingdom that a murder sentence was filmed for same day broadcast.[4] The second case was the retrial of Nat Fraser for the murder of Arlene Fraser, his wife, following the quashing of his original conviction as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Fraser v HM Advocate.[5] This too was filmed, and the resultant two-hour documentary The Murder Trial (shown on Channel 4 on 9 July 2013) included interviews with participants, including Lord Bracadale.[6]
Bracadale took up an appointment to the
References
- ^ a b "The Hon Lord Bracadale (Alastair P. Campbell)". Scottish Courts: Biographies. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
- ^ a b c d "Bracadale, Rt Hon. Lord (Alastair Peter Campbell)". Who's Who (online ed.). Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^ "New solicitors welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland". Archived from the original on 3 October 2008.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17754517 David Gilroy jailed for murdering former lover Suzanne Pilley – BBC News
- ^ BBC News, "Nat Fraser goes on trial accused of murdering wife Arlene", BBC News Online, (23 April 2012)
- ^ "The Murder Trial – TV review". The Guardian. 9 July 2013.
- ^ "New Appointment to the Inner House" (Press release). Judiciary of Scotland. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Privy Council appointment: Hon Lord Bracadale". GOV.UK.
- ^ "Lord Bracadale's Biography". Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.