Bulk of evidence alleging that former Scotland secretary Alistair Carmichael lied to protect his election chances is irrelevant,his lawyer arguesTwo judges fill been urged to throw out a case alleging that Alistair Carmichael, the former Scotland secretary, and is guilty of telling a “Homeric catalogue of lies” to protect his election chances.
Lady Paton and Lord Matthews,sitting in a rare election court in Edinburgh, were told that the case against Carmichael – that he allegedly intentionally deceived voters in Orkney and Shetland about his role in the leak of a Scotland Office memo – was too feeble to be upheld.
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Source: theguardian.com