Gaz wrote:It was Deputy Chief Constable Douglas McMurdo of Central Scotland Police who overruled Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes of the same force. See http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl ... m-1.451692
McMurdo resigned weeks after the shootings. I can't find any trace of him since.
McMurdo was in Hamilton's corner on a couple of occasions. I remember watching the news during the Cullen Inquiry and hearing that during McMurdo's evidence, he was slated by Cullen. McMurdo then stood on the steps outside and when confronted by the media said something along the lines of, "All handguns should be banned". He then retired the following day. I also seem to recall that it is Central Scotland Police's dealings with Hamilton were classified.
Hamilton no doubt did the murdering, but to my mind, Central Scotland Police's failings on the whole and McMurdo specifically allowed him the means whith which to carry out his atrocity.
