Alex Prentice KC is a leading Scottish lawyer.
He has held senior posts at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, the body which normally carries out prosecutions in Scotland.
[2] Prentice has prosecuted a number of significant cases including the shotgun murder at the "Marmion" public house in Edinburgh, the murder of Jolanta Bledaite, HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan, the Murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar, and HM Advocate v Salmond.
[4] In 2024 he featured in The Push, a Channel 4 documentary about the trial of Kashif Anwar, who murdered his wife Fawziyah Javed by pushing her from Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, in which he prosecuted.
[5][6] In 2025 he featured in Murder Trial: Girl in the River, a BBC documentary about another trial where he prosecuted, the murder of Caroline Glachan.