Prosecutors probe whether to bring charges against colleagues over Old Firm sex doll case blunder

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PROSECUTORS are investigating whether to bring charges against their colleagues over the Old Firm sex doll case blunder.

Cops have finished a probe into an evidence mishap that saw nine men accused of hanging Rangers effigies from a Celtic Park stand walk free.

Their report is now with the Crown Office — and officials will this week assess whether to prosecute their own staff.

A legal insider said: “Police and the Crown are taking the matter extremely seriously.”

A case was put against the fans after two blow-up sex dolls were strung up in the Jock Stein Stand during Celtic’s 5-1 league win over Rangers in September 2016.

One was clad in a Gers scarf and the other in an Orange Order sash.

A banner next to them read: “This is it Bhoys, this is war”.

Old Firm fans united to condemn the tasteless stunt on World Suicide Prevention Day — days after Ibrox idol Kris Boyd, 35, spoke about his brother Scott taking his own life.

But the case fell apart when it emerged footage from the ground was missing.

We told in June how Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC called in the police to investigate the blunder.

He said in a letter to Tory MSP Murdo Fraser: “The circumstances that led to the loss of the productions require to be investigated.”

Officers visited a fiscal’s office in Glasgow’s Gorbals as part of the probe — but sources say there was not a search under warrant.

An insider said in March: “It is down to the incompetence of the Crown. They essentially des- troyed video evidence and photo evidence to a certain extent.”

The Crown Office confirmed it has received the police report.

A spokesperson added: “Unavailability of productions with the consequence that this case could not be brought to trial is regrettable.

“Where necessary the Crown will take action to maintain public confidence in the work it does.”

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[Gonzo79 13,770]

"two blow-up sex dolls were strung up in the Jock Stein Stand"

 

Appropriate, when you think about it.

[der Berliner 3,290]

... the Orange Order is rather quiet in this one ...