CONDUCT OF LORD NIMMO SMITH

Early day motion 130, tabled 17 June 1997 by Norman Godman (Labour). Signed by 19 members.

That this House deplores the surprisingly lenient sentence of 240 hours of community service imposed by Lord Nimmo Smith at the High Court in Greenock, on Monday 16th June on a man found guilty of a most serious assault with a knife on a person whose life would have been lost but for the skills of the hospital team which operated upon him; believes that those convicted of violent crimes should receive condign punishment; and calls upon the Lord Advocate to give careful consideration to the lodging of an appeal against the aforesaid judgement.

Signatures by party: Labour 19.