Cameras were allowed to record the judgement in the Luke Mitchell appeal, the second time that they have been permitted in such a court hearing in just over a week

Filming in Scottish courts has been possible since 1992, but the number of occasions for which the move has been approved is few.

But after years of steadfastly rejecting television cameras, on May 6 the cameras were allowed to capture the ruling in Nat Fraser's unsuccessful appeal

Until this month the only significant hearings that had been covered were appeals by Thomas Campbell and Joe Steele, accused of the 1980s “ice cream” killings, and Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber

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Filming yesterday took place under tight restrictions. Only the three judges involved in yesterday's appeal, Lord Hamilton, the Lord Justice General, pictured above, Lord Osborne and Lord Kingarth, could be shown. Mitchell's reaction and those of the families could not be shown

Court officials are believed to be content with the results, paving the way for more coverage