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| Documents relating to the disappearance of a schoolgirl nearly 50 years ago could soon be released under Freedom of Information rules. | Documents relating to the disappearance of a schoolgirl nearly 50 years ago could soon be released under Freedom of Information rules. |
| The Scottish Information Commissioner has received a request to release the file relating to the unsolved case of 11-year-old Moira Anderson. | The Scottish Information Commissioner has received a request to release the file relating to the unsolved case of 11-year-old Moira Anderson. |
| The youngster went missing from her home in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in February 1957. | The youngster went missing from her home in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in February 1957. |
| Her body has never been found but many believe she was abducted and murdered. | Her body has never been found but many believe she was abducted and murdered. |
| A spokeswoman for the Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion said a decision on whether the documents should be released would be made shortly. | A spokeswoman for the Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion said a decision on whether the documents should be released would be made shortly. |
| She could not confirm reports that the papers included a detailed description of the girl's death. | She could not confirm reports that the papers included a detailed description of the girl's death. |
| Deathbed confession | Deathbed confession |
| Moira was never seen again after going out on a shopping errand during severe winter weather. | |
| The Times newspaper reported that a document being considered described how the schoolgirl was sedated and sexually abused, before being dumped. | The Times newspaper reported that a document being considered described how the schoolgirl was sedated and sexually abused, before being dumped. |
| It also reported that the document named members of an alleged paedophile ring, including senior police officers and members of the Crown Office and former Scottish Office. | It also reported that the document named members of an alleged paedophile ring, including senior police officers and members of the Crown Office and former Scottish Office. |
| The document was written by James Gallogley, a former friend of Alex Gartshore - the paedophile who was named by his daughter Sandra Brown as Moira's killer. | The document was written by James Gallogley, a former friend of Alex Gartshore - the paedophile who was named by his daughter Sandra Brown as Moira's killer. |
| Strathclyde Police submitted a report to the procurator fiscal in 2004 after Gallogley made a deathbed confession in which he claimed Gartshore had killed the youngster before dumping her body in a spot called Tarry Burn. | Strathclyde Police submitted a report to the procurator fiscal in 2004 after Gallogley made a deathbed confession in which he claimed Gartshore had killed the youngster before dumping her body in a spot called Tarry Burn. |
| Sandra Brown said her father had left victims in his wake | |
| Mr Dunion will have to decide whether to uphold a ruling by Strathclyde Police last year not to release the confession on the grounds that doing so might prejudice any future prosecution. | Mr Dunion will have to decide whether to uphold a ruling by Strathclyde Police last year not to release the confession on the grounds that doing so might prejudice any future prosecution. |
| A spokeswoman for the Scottish Information Commissioner said: "We cannot confirm precisely when this decision will be issued but I can confirm the decision is in the closing stages." | A spokeswoman for the Scottish Information Commissioner said: "We cannot confirm precisely when this decision will be issued but I can confirm the decision is in the closing stages." |
| Mrs Brown, from Edinburgh, claimed in her book Where There Is Evil that her father was responsible for the murder. | Mrs Brown, from Edinburgh, claimed in her book Where There Is Evil that her father was responsible for the murder. |
| She told the BBC: "My father is someone who's left a raft of victims in his wake. | She told the BBC: "My father is someone who's left a raft of victims in his wake. |
| "I believe he was part of something a lot bigger. | "I believe he was part of something a lot bigger. |
| "There was protection for him and, knowing what we know about places like Belgium, we know that protection often comes from high up." | "There was protection for him and, knowing what we know about places like Belgium, we know that protection often comes from high up." |
| Mrs Brown has also set up the Moira Anderson Foundation, which works to help families cope with incidents of sexual abuse. | Mrs Brown has also set up the Moira Anderson Foundation, which works to help families cope with incidents of sexual abuse. |
| She received an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours this year, for services to child protection in Scotland. | She received an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours this year, for services to child protection in Scotland. |