A female client of Sturgeon’s, who was on the receiving end of rough justice from Sturgeon when she was a solicitor with Stirling Law Firm, Bell & Craig, commented on the mistreatment by Sturgeon and her team of investigators of the two women complainants who had expressly advised that they did not wish to involve the police. Summarising her comments, she said:
“The way the women were let down was Sturgeon’s responsibility, and it was completely wrong. The outcome of the judicial review was devastating for the government and wholly unsatisfactory for the two women who had made complaints. It goes back to my bad experience with her when she declined to accept responsibility for her gross mismanagement of my account. It beggars belief that she brazenly sails through life without admitting responsibility when things go awry because of her incompetence. I remember well a conversation with her when she told me of her intention to pursue a career in politics. Alarm bells rang, and I thought, “That’s why she is not making any progress with my case. She is focused on herself and her own career.”
And she meted out the same treatment to Miss A and Miss B, the two complainants.
