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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
asked the Lord Advocate how many alleged battered baby cases were reported to the Crown Office year by year from 1960 to 1975; how many of these cases gave rise to prosecutions in the High Court of Justiciary year by year from 1960 to 1975; and how many of these cases led to convictions year by year from 1960 to 1975.
The Lord Advocate
Crown Office does not keep a record of reported battered baby cases and accordingly I am unable to give you the information requested in the first part of the Ques- tion. As regards the second and third parts the figures are as follows:
| Year | Number of prosecutions | Number of cases in which convictions were obtained | Number of cases in which plea of insanity was sustained | |
| 1960 | … | — | — | — |
| 1961 | … | 2 | — | 1 |
| 1962 | … | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1963 | … | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1964 | … | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | … | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1966 | … | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1967 | … | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1968 | … | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1969 | … | 3 | 3 | — |
| 1970 | … | S | 5 | 2 |
| 1971 | … | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 1972 | … | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 1973 | … | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 1974 | … | 5 | 5 | — |