Dunblane killer got all-clear

STIRLING A central police computer check failed to alert officers to suspicions about the Dunblane killer Thomas Hamilton when…

STIRLING A central police computer check failed to alert officers to suspicions about the Dunblane killer Thomas Hamilton when he applied to renew his gun licence a year before the massacre.

Lord Cullen's inquiry into the 17 killings was told yesterday how the police computer gave Hamilton the all clear twice, despite a desk sergeant's concern.

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