Line of Duty fans have gone crazy over the latest Line of Duty blunder which saw Scotsman Martin Compston make two major mistakes about what happens in his native land.
The Greenock -born actor came up with a couple of clangers in Sunday night’s record-long interrogation of Acting Detective Superintendent Jo Davidson in the hit BBC show.
And Twitter followers delighted in telling him all about it.
Playing Detective Inspector Steve Arnott, Compston said a death certificate for Jo’s mum, Samantha Davidson, had been completed by ‘The Glasgow City Coroner’.
The post does not exist.
He followed that up, saying a subsequent ‘Inquest’ had recorded a finding of suicide.
No inquests are held in Scotland.
In Scotland, the Lord Advocate is responsible for investigating “all deaths which require further explanation.”
Helping him out is a team of procurators fiscal.
And helping them out is a team, whose acronym should appeal to the 36-year-old Scot.
It’s the SFIU - The Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit.
It can lead to an investigatory hearing, but in Scotland it’s called a Fatal Accident Inquiry…..or FAI.
Online Martin's fellow Scots called him out for the blunder.
One said: "How could someone who’s Scottish speak the line “Glasgow City Coroner”. Utter bollocks. Scotland doesn’t have coroners, it’s the Crown Office that deal with Fatalities in Scotland, and there’s me thinking #LineofDuty6 was factually accurate."
Another added: "A report about Martin Compston using the term 'Glasgow coroner' has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
Someone else questioned: "Hey @martin_compston. What is this ‘Glasgow City Coroner’ you speak of? Never heard of such a thing."
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And another quipped: " @martin_compston Glasgow doesn’t have a coroner - that’s English only #lineofduty #attentiontodetail "
