19/01/2016 Reporting Scotland

Prosecutors who want to bring a fresh trial against a man cleared

of murdering a student more than two decades ago have begun

The Crown Office wants to use recent Double Jeopardy legislation

to secure a re-trial of Francis Auld.

In 1992, he was acquitted of the murder of Amanda Duffy in

Amanda Duffy had been returning home from a night out on May 30 1992.

She was 19 years old when she was killed.

Her badly beaten body was discovered near car park in Hamilton.

Later that year, 19-year-old Francis Auld was acquitted

of her murder after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Almost 25 years later, her family were back in court.

Prosecutors have made an application for a retrial

We cannot report the detail of the case for legal reasons.

The grounds to make an application using double jeopardy legislation

are strict, prosecutors must show that compelling new evidence has

It is only the third time an application has been made

In November 2014, Angus Sinclair was convicted of the murder of two

And a man is due to stand trial later this year for the murder

Over the next two days, judges will consider the evidence

Only then will they decide if there are grounds for a retrial.

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has

had its worst waiting times since it opened in April last year.

Less than 76% of patients were seen within four hours

The Scottish Government target is for 95% of patients

The average figures for A departments that week

was that 88 percent of patients had treatment completed

The right for Scottish juries to return a not proven verdict

in criminal trials is a distinguishing feature

But it's long been controversial, dividing those in the legal

Now a Labour MSP is seeking to have it abolished

and a Holyrood Committee's looking into that.

But the Government says it's not yet convinced.

For centuries, justice has been meted out here in the heart

Guilty and not guilty have echoed in the courtrooms.

It has been under pressure for years and one MSP

I think not proven actually suggests there may have been some evidence

that they have done it but not enough to convict and I don't

believe that is what a trial is there to achieve,

it is there to look at the evidence and arrived at a conclusion

There have been high profile cases where families of victims say not

proven has left them with no

The verdict is said to be confusing jurors.

At the moment you need at least eight for a guilty verdict.

Michael McMahon wants to increase that to ten if not proven

The Justice Secretary is listening to the arguments.

I'm not upset unsympathetic to reform

and that is why we are undertaking the research but I'm mindful

of the fundamental nature that these areas have within our criminal

justice system and prior to undertaking any changes,

I think it is prudent and responsible to make sure

we are clear about the evidence base.

The wheels of justice turn slowly, as they do in politics.

There are only a few weeks left in this parliamentary session before

the Holyrood election so not much more can be done.

Lawyers have argued about this for years so no doubt MSPs

will continue to debate it further in the next Parliament.

Police investigating the murder of a Fife grandmother say

they believe she didn't leave her home on the day she died.

Mary Logie was killed a fortnight ago in her flat in Leven.

Officers say she was still in her nightdress when her body

was discovered on the evening of the 5th of January

after she'd missed a number of appointments.

Tonight, the Celtic Connections festival has been celebrating

the true stories of more than 100,000 children

sent from Scotland to Canada, Australia and other

The Ballads of Child Migration were commissioned for

a new exhibition about the schemes run by charities, religious

Here's our arts correspondent, Pauline McLean

to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries as part

A lot of great folk music comes from families,

These children had no families and not only that,

a lot were orphans and when they left, there was nobody to miss them

7,000 children went from this one village set up in the 19th century

He was one of the first to sign up to the migration programme believing

it offered a new life to children who had nothing.

He gave them a choice, they did not have to go.

There was a migration officer that came over from Canada to tell them

about life there and actually he kitted them out with all

their worldly goods, a trunk and suits and warm clothing

The ages of the children range from three months to 17

when they leave to take up various occupations.

By the 1950s, Quarriers no longer sent orphans

abroad but other charities did and often they were not orphans.

Yvonne was just nine months old when she arrived at Nazareth

House and ten when she was sent to Australia.

It was 30 years before she learned her mother and five

At that age you do what the nuns tell you.

It was something different, we were going on a

We had never heard of Australia, we had never been out of Glasgow.

They didn't tell you you weren't coming back.

The concert tonight along with an exhibition in London at last

gives voice to those children's stories.

Previously unseen work by the late Scottish artist John Bellany have

gone on show at the Scottish Parliament in an exhibition

The hospitals were set up across Europe in the First World

War, with Scots women tending wounded soldiers,

they should stay at home and wait for the men to return.

A body of work never shown before in public.

He had been seriously ill in hospital himself and died

This collection has been kept by his family in private until now.

He would be so pleased to see them on the walls here.

Because he was totally inspired by the knowledge he gained

when he was looking into the subject.

He had no idea and he was in total awe of the courage and spirit

In the First World War the women were told to go home and wait

Undaunted and unpaid they put themselves in danger to help others,

setting up hospitals in the front-line in France,

Russia and Serbia where they are considered heroes.

What we are doing in Scotland is catching up on our own history

by recognising the wonderful work that was done by the women of

Scottish football will not adopt strict liability laws to deal

with sectarian singing at football grounds.

That was the message from one SPFL board member today

after a meeting of all clubs at Hampden.

But clubs say there is an appetite to deal

with the problem, as well as the increasing use of smoke

The first all-club meeting of the new year.

Reports of sectarian singing are on the increase,

like this at a recent match between Rangers and Hibs.

As are the use of flares and smoke bombs.

In other countries, clubs are held to accountability by something

A zero-tolerance approach to unruly behaviour.

I think there's no chance whatsoever of the clubs agreeing

Should clubs whose fans sing sectarian songs be punished?

Should clubs who don't take every reasonable step to improve

the experience for all of their fans ensure that inappropriate behaviour

financial assistance, crowd facial recognition technology.

Ultimately, if you want the supporters to behave

appropriately, you have to have the sanction of imposing

A tough punishment, but it's an issue many believe Scottish

football has been too soft on for too long.

Now to matters on the pitch, and Celtic extended their lead

at the top of the Scottish Premiership to six points

The champions recorded an 8-1 victory over the visitors.

Elsewhere, the Scottish Cup replay between Forfar Athletic

and Linlithgow Rose was abandoned after floodlight failure,

while Inverness Caley Thistle beat Stirling Albion 2-0

to go into the next round of the tournament.

Now Christopher is here with the weather outlook

Last night was the coldest night of the winter so far. Ice on the

Last night was the coldest night of surface of the river that has broken

up. Pancake ice. A different type of ice in the forecast tonight. There

is a double be aware warning from the Met office especially on

untreated roads and surface. But across the UK, fork is probably a

bigger issue. Some freezing fog patches applied for us first thing

tomorrow. It will be a cold start, but largely dry. The wind is light,

and a few light showers in the north-east coast. Where we seek the

lowest temperatures tonight, it could well be cold them that.

Judging the body caught most of those fog patches were left. Some

sunshine at times coming through. It is a similar story across the UK.

The best of the sunshine in the Midlands and the South, but

temperature is still struggling. A cold afternoon for us in Scotland.

Staying dry in the evening. Much cold afternoon for us in Scotland.

milder air coming our way on Friday, bringing with it some rain and some

pressure just about holding on, so pressure just about holding on, so

another largely dry day. Still quite chilly at times. The temperatures

started to creep up. On Friday, those weather fronts arrive. Then

comes the rain, and the wind strengthening from the south. Highs

of 10-11. That is all for now. And that's all from

Reporting Scotland tonight. We're back with regular

updates from 6.25 tomorrow From all of us on the late team

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