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Scottish LGBTQ rights campaigner and advocate Derek Ogg dies aged 65

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Derek Ogg, the QC who led the battle to pardon gay and bisexual men convicted of sexual offences in Scotland which were no longer illegal, has died at the age of 65.

The law, known as the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) Act 2018, passed in 2018. In 2017, Derek was in the gallery of Holyrood when First Minister Nicola Sturgeon offered an apology to those who had been convicted of such offences.

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