At every turn the Crown have done the wrong thing and acted arrogantly, in bad faith and with no regard for public money
| Published date | 12 August 2021 |
Whitehouse says in 2018 he offered prosecutors the chance to settle with him for £2million.
It was later forced to admit its prosecution of him and his Duff and Phelps colleague Paul Clark was malicious - and paid out £21million.
The Crown also agreed this year to pay them £4.4million in legal costs, all funded by the taxpayer.
Whitehouse yesterday branded the refusal as "arrogant" and said legal bosses had "no regard for public money".
He spoke after former Ibrox chairman Charles Green settled out of court for £6.4million in damages on Tuesday.
Whitehouse, 55, said: "In 2018, we obtained an expert report and my then senior counsel approached the Crown Office to say we would like a settlement discussion to avoid the litigation risk. They weren't interested.
"At that stage, I would
DAILY RECORD Wednesday, August 11, 2021
AT GREEN'S
OUTCRY have been content with a settlement of around £2million.
BY CHRIS MCCALL Deputy Political Editor
TOP judge Frank Mulholland faced calls to quit last night after ex-Rangers chairman Charles Green was handed £6.4million from the taxpayer's purse.
The former Lord Advocate triggered the malicious prosecution of Green in connection with his takeover of the
Ibrox club.
The businessman accepted a "I would have been happy to have accepted an offer well below the true value of my loss.
multi-million pound settlement yesterday, minutes before an eight-day court hearing about the £20million claim against the Crown Office was about to start.
It is feared the total bill for the disastrous decision to prosecute those involved in the administration of
Rangers will cost the public more than £100million.
Parliament voted in February for an inquiry into the fiasco when proceedings ended and politicians yesterday described the outcome the Court of Session as "sickening".
Former Labour MP Sir Brian
Donohoe - an ex-director of "Their flat-out refusal to even listen meant I ended up receiving £10.5million plus substantial legal fees."
group Rangers First - said Mulholland's reputation was so damaged he should quit the bench.
Mulholland became a High judge in 2016, the year after sanctioned the prosecution to the Rangers takeover advocate - the Government's officer and head of the prosecution service in Scotland.
Donohoe, who ran Westminster's Rangers Supporters' Club, Mulholland was head prosecution service in charges were brought involved with the purchase "It's a scandal he was Court judge the following when charges...
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