John Swinney has offered to meet the family of murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson.
The dad-of-two was gunned down on November 28, 2004 in what became one of Scotland’s most notorious unsolved murder cases.
On the 20th anniversary of Wilson’s death, cops announced they were to re-examine 10,000 documents relating to the case.
It came after the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain ordered a reinvestigation in September of the case with a new team of police officers and prosecutors.
Swinney said today there was “a limit to what I can do” – but promised to meet Wilson’s family “if it provides any assistance and support… that the First Minister is willing to listen to their concerns.”
Responding to question from Scottissh Tory MSP Douglas Ross during First Minister’s Questions, Swinney said: “I have every sympathy with Mrs Wilson and her family at the unbearable loss that they have suffered and the trauma that they have experienced by the fact that the perpetrators of that attack have not been brought to justice.
“This is a live police investigation and these are operational matters for the chief constable to take forward. But… I would be prepared to meet with Mrs Wilson and her family to hear of their anguish.
“There will be a limit to what I can do but if it provides any assistance and support to their family that the First Minister is willing to listen to their concerns, then I am prepared to do that.”
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