caz, one of the most dishonourable aspects of a very dishonourable affair is how the buck is passed down the line so that subordinates take the rap for their superiors. I have no doubt that the niceties of the BoI's independence were observed, yet strangely it kept a Nelsonian eye to the Pachyderm forever blocking its view of the other side of the room, which by coincidence protected those further up the food chain involved in the rushed RTS of the unairworthy Chinook Mk2 into service! Meanwhile two JO's are disgraced posthumously. Nice!
As regards Magistrates, they don't do manslaughter cases as well as not doing executions! Nor do they adjudicate in cases in which they have a possible personal involvement.