The officers in question were Hugh MacPherson,Fiona McBride, Charles Stewart and Anthony McKenna and the criminal allegationsrelated to the fingerprint evidence in the Asbury and McKie cases.On that basis, the Crown couldnot now raise criminal proceedings against any of those officers if the proceedingsrelated to the same subject matter.In September and October 2001,the legal representatives of SCRO officers were also informed of the decision eitherby letter or telephone, as were the Associationof Chief Police Officers and the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland.Legal representatives for twofurther SCRO employees...