Watch: Disclosure – Beneath The Magic Circle Affair
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After senior Scottish lawyer John Watt is convicted on historic child abuse charges, Disclosure speaks to his victims and explores how he hid his crimes for decades.
The former prosecutor and defence lawyer was found guilty in July last year of sexually abusing children on various occasions between 1973 and 1987.
Reporter Myles Bonnar also revisits a 30-year old scandal that rocked the legal establishment. For the first time on-camera, members of the police, press and judiciary look back on the so-called “Magic Circle Affair” and its major players. The programme will look at whether there was a dark circle of criminality operating beneath this scandal.
It will be broadcast on Wednesday 1 February on BBC One Scotland, 10.40 – 11.10pm.
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