The Scottish Legal Aid Board has confirmed that the funding paid to lawyers acting for Oricom’s two former directors and two NHS IT bosses has hit £552,537.
British media revealed that Peter Murrell, the former executive director of the Scottish National Party (SNP) who was convicted of embezzling public funds, owned a luxurious seaside villa in Portugal worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, but received legal aid, using taxpayers' money to fight the case.