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Expert Witness dispute hits McKie inquiry

The inquiry into the Shirley McKie case has been thrown into dispute before any evidence has been taken. Ms McKie, a former police detective, was cleared of perjury after being accused of leaving a fingerprint at an Ayrshire murder scene in 1997. She later accepted £750,000 in compensation.

The inquiry is now expected to hear its first evidence in May.

Swiss academic Prof Christophe Champod of Lausanne University, was to have been the sole expert witness. More may now be recruited after objections from witnesses stated that Prof Champod, is an academic, rather than a practising fingerprint expert.

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