It was, however, appropriate to seek a special condition of bail and that was done.This decision, which I believe was the correct one in the circumstances, was taken after careful assessment of all of the information available to the fiscal at the time, and in particular, the fact thatHe was not charged with breaching any previous bail order and was not known to have any record of failing to appear in courtHe had no pending cases for similar mattersHis only previous convictions were for two minor matters (wasting police time and road traffic in 1988 and 1999 respectively) for which he had been fined on both occasions.The offences were alleged to have been committed many...