Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:54

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Criminals in Scotland who are doing community service orders should put on workwear while completing their sentence, the Conservative party has suggested.

Bill Aitken, the party's justice spokesman, told the Herald that offenders dressing in workwear would alert the community that they are paying back their debt to society.

Mr Aitken said that offenders doing community service "should wear high visibility clothing, so the public is aware of the situation at all times".

"Law-abiding Scots have the right to know who has been placed on these schemes, not from a perspective of making anyone a pariah, but because it is their right to know," Mr Aitken explained.

"It will also serve as a reminder to the offender that they have committed a crime and deserve to be punished."

A spokesperson for the Scotland justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said they have funded three pilot programmes to make offenders more visible while completing community service.

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