Edinburgh prison officers have told of the shame felt in the wake of the scandalous death of vulnerable prisoner Allan Marshall .

The Scottish establishment last week finally made apologies that Allan’s family had been seeking for years - but only after a court battle that ended ten years after the dad-of-two’s death.

Officers said they felt the Scottish Prison Service has suffered even greater damage due to the protracted legal proceedings, reports the Daily Record .

And officers believe it would have been better for the SPS if men had been charged and convicted for their “unacceptable” conduct that day, which led to Allan’s death.

They were, instead, given immunity from prosecution, in a bizarre deal struck by the Crown Office ahead of them giving evidence at a Fatal Accident I

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