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Fatal accident inquiry announced after boy, 12, and man, 39, drown in Scottish river

A FATAL accident inquiry (FAI) into the drownings of a boy, 12, and a man, 39, five years apart, has been announced ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2025

FAI determination calls for review of staffing of maternity units at weekend

Freya Murphy was born on July 21 2018 at 9.31am in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow, and died there on July 28, aged seven days.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

Prison service ‘closed ranks’ after young offender took his own life, FAI finds

Jack McKenzie, 20, died at Polmont YOI in September 2021.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Head of Scottish prisons says service should not be immune from prosecution

Lawyer Aamer Anwar has called for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to push for the lifting of Crown immunity.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025

Families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay to meet prison service chiefs

The two died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont.

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

Constance vows ‘lasting change’ after suicides at Polmont YOI

The Scottish Justice Secretary said she expects work to be ‘delivered at pace’ after the separate deaths in 2018 of Katie Allan and William Brown.

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025

We are fed up of apologies, say family of young woman who died in Polmont YOI

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives within months of each other in 2018 at the facility.

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025

Families of Katie Allan and William Brown to meet Constance ahead of speech

The families’ lawyer Aamer Anwar called for a change to a ‘lack of accountability’ across the Scottish Prison Service.

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025

Lawyers consider whether paramotors from fatal crash needed in court for inquiry

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of Dan Burton in the Highlands in September 2021 is due to begin in May.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Smoke grenade mistakenly used by police at hotel stabbings scene, inquiry told

Asylum seeker Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot and killed by police responding to the incident in June 2020.

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025