failed to identify Anderson and he was given an alibi by one of the staff members of the hotel where he was staying. Anderson's wife also gave evidence that the coat he was supposedly wearing on the night was being cleaned at the time. Anderson, who claimed the KGB had framed him in an act of revenge by using a lookalike to impersonate him and get in trouble, appealed the conviction but lost. He was dismissed from his posts in 1974. Several high-profile, unsuccessful attempts were made to clear Anderson's name, including debates in the Lords and Commons and an investigation by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. He continued to press his innocence and in 1980 the playwright John Hale wrote The Case of David Anderson QC which was sympathetic to his position. The play was put on in Manchester, Edinburgh and at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. Anderson had not succeeded in clearing his name by the time of his death. In September 2002 it was announced that the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission was looking into the case, but it concluded in February 2005 that the conviction should stand. In her 2010 autobiography Lady Judy Steel claimed that a man had made an almost identical indecent proposal to her when she was a teenage student at Edinburgh University. In the light of subsequent events, she concluded it was Anderson. Her husband is Liberal Democrat life peer and former MP David Steel. See also List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service References M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981) Who Was Who Dennis Straughan, Marcello Mega, "Was QC really framed by the KGB?", Scotland on Sunday, 8 September 2002. Kirsty Scott, "'KGB revenge' case to be reviewed after 30 years", The Guardian, 9 September 2002, p. 8. Marcello Mega, "No pardon for QC over 1973 verdict", Scotland on Sunday, 6 February 2005. External links 1916 births 1995 deaths Academics of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Members of the Faculty of Advocates Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 People educated at Glenalmond College 20th-century King's Counsel Recipients of the King Haakon VII Freedom Medal Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Royal Navy officers of World War II Scottish King's Counsel Scottish legal scholars Scottish