Mr Clarke was subjected to outrageous haranguing by Dorothy Bain QC when she knew full well that, because of the decision by her own clients to seek a private prosecution, he could not, following advice from Sheriff Beckett, respond.
As a result, Mr Clarke has been painted into a corner, unfairly pilloried by the media and deprived of the opportunity to put on the record his side of the story, including, for example, the fact that he drove on hundreds of occasions between 2010 and 22 December 2014 without it appears any problem.
Not the Scottish legal system’s finest hour.
KW McKay CBE
Carrbridge
Inverness-shire