§ Mr. Menzies Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of people who stood trial in the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland on charges of murder and of those how many where convicted of (a) murder or (b) culpable homicide in the last three years for which such information is available.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton:The information available is given in the table:
Year of result Scotland 1984 1985 1986 Persons called to court in cases initially recorded by the police as murder 102 116 91 or whom: Number convicted of murder 36 25 28 Number convicted of culpable homicide 31 45 27