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Our Ref: IM-FOI-2020-1642 Date: 12 October 2020

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION () ACT 2002

I refer to your recent request for information which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

For ease of reference, your request is replicated below together with the response.

A poem by Edwin Morgan entitled " 5th March 1971" is required reading in my granddaughter"s 4th year English class. It relates to events on that date in , Glasgow when a young couple were allegedly pushed through a shop window by 2 or 3 youths who then stole items from the display without regard to the couple's injuries which are described by the poet as the young man's face "bristling with fragments of broken glass" and the girl as spurting "arterial blood over her wet-look white coat".

The pupils are now trying to discover what happened to the couple and when their teacher suggested seeking the assistance of any grandparent who may have been in the my granddaughter volunteered me. I didn't join until March 1972 and have no knowledge of the incident.

In 1971 the locus would have been under the remit of The . Is it possible to determine if the incident did occur and if so what happened to the couple?

Having considered your request for information, I can advise that does not hold the information requested by you. In terms of Section 17 of the Act, this letter represents a formal notice that the information is not held.

By way of explanation, our Records Management Unit have undertaken a search on our systems and can find no information held.

By way of assistance, please see the contact details below to The Glasgow Police Museum and the , who may be able to assist with your request. http://www.policemuseum.org.uk/

The Glasgow Police Museum First Floor, 30 Bell Street, Merchant City Glasgow G1 1LG

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The Mitchell Library North Street Glasgow G3 7DN

Should you require any further assistance please contact Information Management - Glasgow on 01786 895867 quoting the reference number given.

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Your request must specify the matter which gives rise to your dissatisfaction and it must be submitted within 40 working days of receiving this response - either by email to [email protected] or by post to Information Management (Disclosure), Police Scotland, Clyde Gateway, 2 French Street, Dalmarnock, G40 4EH.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of that review, you are thereafter entitled to apply to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months for a decision. You can apply online, by email to [email protected] or by post to Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS.

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As part of our commitment to demonstrate openness and transparency in respect of the information we hold, an anonymised version of this response will be posted to the Police Scotland Freedom of Information Disclosure Log in seven days' time.

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