At long last the case against Inverness prison officer Keith Liddell has finished. Today he pleaded guilty to the majority of the charges against him connected to the possession and trading of wild birds’ eggs. He is due to be sentenced on 9 April.
This case has dragged on and on and on, no doubt at considerable expense. For previous blog entries about Liddell’s case see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
Article on today’s guilty pleas in Highland News here
RSPB press release on today’s guilty pleas here
Well done to all involved, especially wildlife fiscal Kate Fleming.
Raptor Persecution UK 
Excellent work – very pleased to see a wildlife fiscal win a high profile case. Now lets get a won high profile bop persecution case.
…and today’s rhetorical question…what chance was there of that case seeing the light of day without RSPB involvement?? Real Investigative and Enforcement Partnerships work…