Dorothy Bain
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Dorothy Bain QC
is a leading Scottish lawyer.
She is the principal advocate depute, a senior post at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
, appointed in 2009.
She has prosecuted a large number of cases, including Peter Tobin
.
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
is a leading Scottish lawyer.
She is the principal advocate depute, a senior post at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service provides the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by Her Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution,...
, appointed in 2009.
She has prosecuted a large number of cases, including Peter Tobin
Peter Tobin
Peter Britton Tobin is a convicted Scottish serial killer and sex offender now serving a sentence of life imprisonment for the murders of three young women....
.