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| A former policeman has been jailed for five years for withholding evidence from prosecutors while investigating a murder in Fife 17 years ago. | A former policeman has been jailed for five years for withholding evidence from prosecutors while investigating a murder in Fife 17 years ago. |
| Richard Munro, 53, was found guilty last month of attempting to defeat the ends of justice, after a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. | |
| As a detective inspector he led the investigation into the killing of Andrew Forsyth in Dunfermline in 1995. | As a detective inspector he led the investigation into the killing of Andrew Forsyth in Dunfermline in 1995. |
| Steven Johnston and Billy Allison were jailed for murder then later acquitted. | Steven Johnston and Billy Allison were jailed for murder then later acquitted. |
| Munro was sentenced at the High Court in Aberdeen. | |
| The Forsyth case saw Munro take charge of his first murder investigation. | |
| At the time, two suspects emerged, Mr Johnston and Mr Allison who had been involved in a fight with Mr Forsyth on Friday 3 November, but claimed to have left him alive and well. | |
| Mr Forsyth's body was found six days later, and prosecutors hung their case on the murder having been carried out on the Friday. | |
| But it emerged crucial evidence was suppressed by Munro and kept hidden from both the crown and the defence. | |
| Johnston and Allison were acquitted on appeal in 2006, subsequently Lothian and Borders police were instructed to investigate Munro. | |
| The Crown Office has told the BBC the Forsyth case will be reviewed. |