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Campaigners say: Quash toll convidio
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There appears to be no end in sight for Scotland's longest-running toll saga. David Harris reports.
THE ROW over the tolls on Scotland's Skye Bridge continues, even though the tolls were abolished at the end of last year.
Protesters are now demanding that anyone prosecuted for not paying the tolls should have their criminal records wiped clean.
Among those campaigning is John McKinnon, boss of Skye Transport, which runs ten trucks.
Although he paid the tolls himself because he feared that if he didn't he would lose his licence, he says that those who were convicted should have their records erased.
Part of the basis for the claim is that protesters believe the toll was never legal because the papers granting the right to charge tolls were not properly signed.
The Scottish Executive denies this and a spokeswoman described it as "a very old claim which the courts have already looked at and rejected".
McKinnon says:"I don't understand it. Everything needs signing. Drivers sign for fuel, an official signs my licence and I have to sign cheques. Why is it that toll collectors were allowed to collect money without a proper licence?"
There have even been suggestions that as well as criminal records being erased, those who paid tolls may have a case for claiming back what they have paid. But McKinnon says that his primary motivation in speaking out is to stop other objectors having to live with criminal records.