"What compounds Mike Watson's crime and further impugns his character is that after the event he attempted to dissemble and deny it. He tried to conceal matches and continued to deny his guilt even when confronted with damning CCTV footage, stills of which were obtained by The Herald. Yesterday, his solicitor conceded that the case might never have come to court without this evidence, handed over to police by this newspaper. Watson changed his plea to guilty only yesterday.Under these circumstances it is essential that he should receive an exemplary punishment. Anything other than a custodial sentence would be inappropriate."
The man's career is in ruins. What additional purpose would be served by sending him to prison?
Furthermore, The Herald might be a bit less pleased with itself if it were to remember that it sponsored this drunken evening at Prestonfield House and presumably played its part in getting politicians and press liquored up.
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