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Lady Elish Angiolini is a distinguished lawyer, having been Lord Advocate of Scotland from 2006 to 2011, and currently occupying the position of Lord Clerk.

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Lady Elish Angiolini is a Scottish lawyer who led the inquiry into the rape, abduction and murder of Sarah by police officer Wayne Couzens in 2021.

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Lady Elish Angiolini is a Scottish lawyer who led the inquiry into the rape, abduction and murder of Sarah by police officer Wayne Couzens in 2021.!

Lady Elish Angiolini, LT DBE PC KC FRSE

Elish Angiolini grew up in Govan in Glasgow and studied Law at the University of Strathclyde, graduating in 1982. Immediately after graduation she joined the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and, following her traineeship, spent 8 years as a Depute Procurator Fiscal in Airdrie, prosecuting in Airdrie Sheriff Court.

In 1992 she moved to Crown Office to work as part of the Lord Advocate's Secretariat, when she developed her now long-standing interest in improving the support offered to vulnerable victims and witnesses, and in particular children. She also provided contributions to and comment on the development of Westminster policies and legislation affecting the criminal justice system in Scotland.

She was appointed Senior Depute Procurator Fiscal at Glasgow, taking on operational responsibility for the running of Sheriff and Jury trials, before being appointed Assistant Procurator Fiscal at Glasgow in 1995.