Stephen Kerr: “Nobody is asking them to paint their faces, wear St George’s Cross waistcoats, or start singing Three Lions. Just wish…”

Ordinary Scots who play by the rules will be astonished that they are helping to pay the legal costs of a man who admitted embezzling more than £400,000.

The SNP's savage cuts to police budgets have weakened frontline policing, yet they still expect them to do their jobs with one hand tied behind their backs.

The results of their cuts are plain to see and communities are living in fear of violent offenders.

This is what nearly two decades of SNP failure on justice looks like: rising crime, weaker sentences and a justice system that criminals can increasingly take advantage of.