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“The defence is the same. 'I was following the orders of my superiors, and I feared for what would happen to me if I didn't'.”

Irrelevant. We’re not talking about ‘defence’. Everyone accepts Ms Scott was dishonest and merits some sanction.

The issue is mitigation.

Plainly, duress carries very little weight in mitigation when what you have done under duress is to kill people.

It carries far more weight however in Ms Scott’s situation, for reasons that are (or should be) blindingly obvious.

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