Former Stirling miners are among hundreds set to be pardoned over criminal convictions received during the 1980s Miners Strike.An independent review established by the Scottish Government has proposed the move, which would also cover miners who have since died.A review, launched by then-Justice Secretary Michael Matheson in 2018 and chaired by John Scott QC, has found that most convictions would not be upheld today, and that punishments were handed out in a “grossly excessive manner”.The year-long nationwide strike began in 1984 following a dispute between the miners’ trade union and the state-run National Coal Board over planned colliery closures.Opposition was led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government in a bid to break.
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