4 RACK UP HALF A MILLION IN LEGAL AID COSTS

FOUR men jailed over the NHS corruption and bribery scandal have so far cost the public purse almost half a million pounds in legal aid bills as they plan appeals.

- BY SALLY HIND

The Scottish Legal Aid Board confirmed the sums paid to solicitors and counsel acting for Oricom's two ex-directors and two NHS IT bosses was more than £477,000. Former NHS Lothian telecoms manager Alan Hush's bill is £180,941 while outlays for the trial of NHS Lanarkshire’s former head of IT and infr