I was in the police for 36 years. I always believed fingerprints didn't lie. Now ... I know different.

Criminality has been covered up and vital questions remain unanswered. There's a massive mess which only a public inquiry can untangle.

That really, really got her down and she became more ill after that. There was anxiety and pressure because of the stress of it all. She was at [the] stage where if she saw a police car she'd start to physically shake. She even planned her own suicide.

The evidence is overwhelmingly against them; they have the right to speak out but not to attack my daughter. What I want to know is what is stopping the Scottish Executive from calling a judicial inquiry.

I think he's always going to be the same person. As you get older and a little wiser, you've got younger guys coming up and you teach them just like older guys taught you. I don't think you can live a full life if you don't experience hardships.

It's a cerebral process; you're trying to learn, you're trying to play at the same time.