Lawyer Donald Findlay QC once handcuffed himself while preparing a murder case only to realise he had no key.
The advocate was left fuming at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh with a set of cuffs attached to his wrist and ankle.
Findlay, 70, made his unhappiness known to colleagues after they told him they didn’t know where the key was.
He had been preparing for the “Limbs in the Loch” case, representing William Beggs, who was convicted in 2001 of murdering 18-year-old Barry Wallace in Kilmarnock.
The victim was said to have had a single set of handcuffs placed on his wrist and ankle and the QC was investigating if it could be done.
Solicitor Iain Smith, who worked with Findlay on the case, revealed the incident on the Hey Legal podcast.
He said: “He’s puffing away on this pipe, red-faced, absolutely fuming.”
Smith said Findlay was set free when his colleague Jim Keegan QC revealed he had the key all along.
He added: “There were a few expletives.”
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