- Title: Close To Home - Tale Of Two Cities
- Date: 25th May 1993
- Summary: THIS PROGRAMME EXAMINES RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF A HOMOSEXUAL CONSPIRACY WITHIN THE JUDICIARY IN SCOTLAND. IT FINDS NO BASIS FOR ALLEGATIONS, BUT CONCLUDES THAT THREE GROUPS FRUSTRATED POLICE DETECTIVES, UNSCRUPLOUS JOURNALISTS, AND A SUBGROUND OF GAY CRIMINALS HAVE ALL TRIED TO EXPLOIT THE ALLEGATIONS FOR THEIR OWN ENDS. IN PARTICULAR IT EXAMINES THE ACTIVITIES OF DEREK WILLIAM DONALDSON A DISAFFECTED POLICE INFORMER WITH ALONG CRIMINAL RECORD WHO BURGLED THE LOTHIAN AND BORDERS POLICE HEADQUARTERS IT DESCRIBES HOW HE HAS USED THE TABLOID PRESS TO FURTHER DISCREDIT THE POLICE AND THE JUDICIARY.
- Description:REPORT INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS THAT A CIRCLE OF GAY LAWYERS ARE IMPEDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN EDINBURGH
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:IPTV LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:25/05/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s