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Ret. Sheriff David Mackie

David Mackie is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and was in private practice as a Solicitor and an Advocate for some 25 years before being appointed a Sheriff in 2001. For 15 years until his retirement from the Bench in 2019 he sat as the resident Sheriff in Alloa Sheriff Court. Through his work as a Sheriff and with charities supporting disadvantaged and marginalised young people, he developed a belief in the power of redemption and applied compassion and understanding of both the victims and perpetrators of crime to his personal judicial practice. Retirement has given him the opportunity of making a greater commitment to charity work and to contribute, where he can, to the continued development of smarter approaches to justice.

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