Calls for Scotland to pardon witch-hunt victims gather pace

Campaigners push for full legal pardon after Nicola Sturgeon's International Women's Day apology

Calls for a legal pardon for the thousands of people persecuted as witches in post-Reformation Scotland are growing, as the drive for posthumous justice gains international notice.

Last week, Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, issued a formal apology on International Women's Day to the 4,000 people - mainly women - who were tortured and often executed under the Witchcraft Act 1563.