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To charge someone under the Biological Weapons Act, the Crown Prosecution Service has to obtain consent from the government's law officers - the attorney general or solicitor general.

Scotland's top law officer, the lord advocate Dorothy Bain KC, last week announced a new team of detectives and prosecutors was taking over the case.

He ends the letter to the law officer saying he looked forward to having the opportunity to “talk through the issues more privately in more detail”.

Scotland's top law officer is seeking the change after two sexual offence trials last year ended in acquittals.

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