Widow of wrongly accused murder suspect seeks compensation from Scottish authorities

Sougat Mukherjee died in 2023 from acute liver cirrhosis after suffering severe clinical depression triggered by false murder accusations; his family experienced financial ruin, social ostracism, and lasting psychological trauma.

In the long arc of justice, the gap between accusation and truth can swallow a life whole. Sougat Mukherjee, an Indian businessman who had once studied in Glasgow as a young man, spent five years fighting a murder accusation rooted in little more than a grainy image and a departure from Scotland that predated any suspicion — only to be exonerated in 2019 when DNA evidence identified the real killer. He died in 2023 at 44, his health and spirit consumed by the ordeal. Now his widow, Sapna, stands before courts and governments asking the oldest of human questions: who is accountable when a syste

Widow of wrongly accused murder suspect seeks compensation from Scottish authorities

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