The Lord Advocate, the Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC, revealed on Monday that Morag McLintock is the new District Procurator Fiscal for the Borders.

Ms McLintock, who most recently worked as Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute in Greenock, will now deal with around 6,000 cases a year and oversee prosecutions in Duns, Selkirk, Peebles and Jedburgh Sheriff Courts.

She will also have responsibility for the investigation of sudden, suspicious and unexplained deaths.

Announcing the appointment, Mrs Angiolini said Ms McLintock was a valued member of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).

“Since she joined five years ago, the skill and dedication which she has demonstrated in prosecuting all kinds of cases has been warmly welcomed by colleagues,” said Mrs Angiolini.

“In particular, in her most recent role, Ms McLintock has shown a strong sense of community, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the issues which are important at a local level.

“Our team in the Borders has an excellent record for listening to the communities it serves and responding to their needs and concerns.

“I am confident that this will continue and I know that Ms McLintock intends to build on the effective working relationships with partner agencies and to learn more about the issues affecting the communities of the Borders.”

For her part, Ms McLintock – who replaces Vikki Welton who has moved to Edinburgh – says she is delighted with the new opportunity to lead the prosecution team in the Borders and welcomed the exciting challenges that this new role will bring.

“My predecessor and the teams in the three local offices have clearly forged strong links with their communities and I look forward to building on these,” she said.

“We will continue to work with other local criminal justice agencies and Scottish Borders Council, to focus on tackling anti-social behaviour and disorder at a grassroots level.

“In doing so, we will make sure that the perpetrators of crime are dealt with swiftly, efficiently and effectively, in a manner which prioritises the interests of victims of crime and helps make our local towns and villages better places in which to live.”

Ms McLintock was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow, in 1978. She studied law at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1999 and completed the Diploma in Legal Practice at Glasgow Graduate School of Law in 2000.

She completed a traineeship at McGrigors in 2002 before joining Kidstons & Co, in Glasgow, where she spent 15 months in civil, family and commercial litigation.

In January 2004, she joined COPFS as a Depute in Glasgow East Division and remained in this post until October 2008, when she was appointed to her current role as Senior Depute at Greenock.