- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Birlinn Ltd (1 April 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841585750
- ISBN-13: 978-1841585758
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Her crime - to speak the truth and refuse to accept the mis-identification of her fingerprint, allegedly found at a murder scene she should not have entered. During those nine years, her case became an international cause celebre during which she gained the support of the world fingerprint experts community and much of the world's press whilst at home being persecuted by government ministers, smeared by senior police officers and having her integrity traduced by Scottish forensic experts and Scottish politicians. Now, for the first time the true and authorized story of the Shirley McKie case is told by her father Iain - her strongest champion - and former MSP Michael Russell who has worked alongside the McKie family for over seven years.
About the Author
Iain McKie was a police officer for thirty years, rising to the rank of Superintendent. He has spent the last ten years fighting the Police, the Scottish Criminal Records Office and the Scottish Executive after experts wrongly identified his daughter's fingerprint at a murder scene. He has researched fingerprinting extensively, spoken at forensic conferences in the UK, Canada and America and is recognised as a campaigner who has not only secured justice for his family but has also brought about major changes in the forensic services in Scotland and in fingerprinting world wide. Married with seven children, he now lives in Ayr. Michael Russell is a well-known author and commentator who was an MSP for the South of Scotland from 1999 to 2003. He met Iain and Shirley McKie in February 2000, was convinced by them, and agreed to take on Shirley's case as a parliamentarian. He has championed it in politics and the media ever since. He lives in Argyll.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Through the single case of the misindentification of a fingerprint at a crime scene, the whole system of fingerprint identification as practiced on behalf of police investigations and prosecutions in the UK is brought into question. Far from being scientific and reliable, the system is open to error, and, worse still, when error is exposed, police experts, police officers, prosecutors, the judiciary, minister and other politicians close ranks and refuse to acknowledge even the possibility of error - at appalling personal cost to the victims of the error and to the public purse.
This scandalous situation has been brought to light through the untiring and heroic work of the victim, Shirley McKie and her father, Iain McKie, who could never bring themselves to follow the easy solution of pretending that nothing wrong had ever happened.
This book is sometimes hard going, not because it is badly written, but because it reflects the tedious and gratuitous processes through which state officials and politicians have attempted to prevent the exposure of defective institutions for which they are responsible. But it should be read by everyone in the UK, because none of us can ever predict when a fingerprint found at a crime scene might be attributed to one of us, with the result that a person's life might be transformed into a Kafaesque nightmare.
This scandalous situation has been brought to light through the untiring and heroic work of the victim, Shirley McKie and her father, Iain McKie, who could never bring themselves to follow the easy solution of pretending that nothing wrong had ever happened.
This book is sometimes hard going, not because it is badly written, but because it reflects the tedious and gratuitous processes through which state officials and politicians have attempted to prevent the exposure of defective institutions for which they are responsible. But it should be read by everyone in the UK, because none of us can ever predict when a fingerprint found at a crime scene might be attributed to one of us, with the result that a person's life might be transformed into a Kafaesque nightmare.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an exceptionally well written book. Gives the reader an insight into the machines we call the police and government. I, like 90% of the population, considered our police force as honest, upright seekers of truth, justice and fairness. Boy have I changed my opinion. I was disgusted by the behaviour of senior ranks and politicians.
I also salute and pay homage to Shirley Mckie and cannot put into words the admiration I have for her father and family. Had it not been for their support, that poor woman would have given up many year sooner. Thankfully her father, being an ex policeman himself, became the driving force to uncover and expose this horrendous injustice and thank goodness he put pen to paper and gave us such a brilliant, and very readable book.
No amount of money could possibly compensate Shirley and her family for the years of misery they endured, years they will never be able to get back. Every day in your life is a day gone, never to be recovered. Shame on them all, they committed the biggest crime, lies lies and more lies.
Thank you Shirley's dad.
Shirley McKie: The Price of Innocence
I also salute and pay homage to Shirley Mckie and cannot put into words the admiration I have for her father and family. Had it not been for their support, that poor woman would have given up many year sooner. Thankfully her father, being an ex policeman himself, became the driving force to uncover and expose this horrendous injustice and thank goodness he put pen to paper and gave us such a brilliant, and very readable book.
No amount of money could possibly compensate Shirley and her family for the years of misery they endured, years they will never be able to get back. Every day in your life is a day gone, never to be recovered. Shame on them all, they committed the biggest crime, lies lies and more lies.
Thank you Shirley's dad.
Shirley McKie: The Price of Innocence
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The injustice that this woman had to deal with is unimagineable. The trials that she and her family were made to go through, all for telling the truth, makes this the one book you really have to read. And no it's not fiction, it's fact.
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