Two Dumfries prison officers yesterday received bravery awards from Cabinet Secretary Keith Brown for stopping a man from leaping off the town’s Buccleuch Street Bridge.
Susan Findlater and Fiona Smith were honoured in a ceremony at HMP Dumfries with framed certificates for meritorious conduct for saving the man.
Prison governor Andrew Hunstone, who accepted the awards on behalf of the officers, said: “On June 21 last year while during their lunch break, Susan and Fiona took a walk across into town and were crossing the Buccleuch Street Bridge where they became suspicious of a gentleman who was acting very strangely.
