David Green retired in 2023 after 40 years as a Procurator Fiscal. As a child, enthused by the BBC series “Sutherlands Law” he had decided that he wanted to join the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. By the age of 23 he had fulfilled that ambition having been appointed as a Depute PF in his home town of Dumfries. Over the next few years, he was transferred to Glasgow, Linlithgow, Paisley and Crown Office, Edinburgh. In 2002 he was promoted to the ranks of the Senior Civil Service and became PF for Central and West Glasgow remaining in this role for some 6 years.
He subsequently moved again to be Head of the High Court Unit in Crown Office then Area PF for Fife before being asked to set up a new national unit dealing with all sudden deaths in Scotland. He headed this unit for 7 years before transferring to be national Head of Homicide and Major Crime where he ended his career.
During his career he dealt with all types of crime at all levels but latterly specialised in deaths investigation. During his time in SFIU the unit dealt with c100,00 deaths. He has investigated many hundreds of murders some of them very high profile. He is particularly proud of the success of his Homicide Unit in reinvestigating “cold case” murders leading to convictions for the murders of Renee McCrae and her son in 1976 and Brenda Page in 1978, among others.
He also led for COPFS in responding to mass fatality disasters such as the Stockline Plastics explosion, the Clutha helicopter crash and the bin lorry crash in George Square Glasgow.
He is married with one son and lives in the West End of Glasgow. David is a member of kelvin Probus Club.