Case Summaries Up To December 2010
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By Emma Boffey on 06/12/2010 21:09
In terms of section 6(1)(a) of the Fatal Accident and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 2000, the Sheriff found that Mr Michael Lindley Scott died on 13 December 2006, following an accident which occurred before or around midday on the same day, at premises known as the Old Mill, York Place, Aberdeen. At the time of his death, the deceased was employed as an apprentice plumber. The cause of death was traumatic asphyxia, whereby his chest and neck were compressed by a considerable weight of MD ...
By Emma Boffey on 06/12/2010 21:04
In terms of section 6(1)(a) of the Fatal Accident and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 2000, the Sheriff found that Mr Craig Lochrie died Monklands District General Hospital on 9 June 2008 at 1210 hours. The cause of death was (a) crush injuries to chest and abdomen due to (b) an industrial accident. On the date of death, the deceased was working for his employers at a scrap yard. The deceased was employed as a scrap metal burner and his job was to cut large pieces of scrap metal down to sm ...
By Emma Boffey on 02/12/2010 23:36
In terms of section 6(1)(a) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, the Sheriff found that on 8th September 2009 at approximately 1100 hours Peter Drysdale died at Dalbeathie Farm, Dunkeld, as the result of an accident there. The cause of death was multiple injuries and blunt force trauma resulting from entrapment by the hydraulic mechanism of an agricultural trailer. The deceased was a member of a well-known farming family, which he ran with his son, Mr Drysdale ...
By Emma Boffey on 02/12/2010 23:33
In terms of section 6(1)(a) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, the Sheriff found that Mr James McNeil (DOB 14th September 1935) died at 08:30 hours on the 22nd of October 2008 at Belhaven Hospital, Dunbar. The cause of death was (i) bronchopneumonia; (ii) pressure sores on back, ischemic heart disease, and dementia. In 1989, Mr McNeill was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and his condition eventually deteriorated in 2007. On 18th April 2008 Mr McNeil ...
By Emma Boffey on 14/11/2010 22:17
In terms of section 6(1)(a) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, the Sheriff found that Mr Gavin McCabe died at 17.20 hours on 21 March 2009, at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, as a consequence of injuries sustained when a motor vehicle driven by him was involved in a collision. The vehicle was driven by the deceased in the course of his employment as a taxi driver. The Sheriff found that Mr McCabe's death was the result of multiple injuries sustained by him as a res ...
By Emma Boffey on 04/11/2010 23:09
In terms of section 6(1) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Death Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, the Sheriff determined that William Casuga Antonio died at approximately 18:50 hours on 11 November 2009, in the North Sea approximately 5.5 miles off Macduff, Aberdeenshire. Mr Antonio died in the course of his employment as a deckhand, on the fishing vessel Osprey III. The cause of death was drowning. The Sheriff determined that Mr Antonio died after becoming entangled in fishing net as it ran from th ...
By Emma Boffey on 04/11/2010 22:19
Having heard evidence and productions led, the Sheriff concluded that Carrie Helen Anderson died on 23 February 2010 on the C410 Huntingtower to Crieff Road at its junction with C460 Gorthy to Auchterader Road, as a result of a road accident. The Sheriff concluded that the cause of death was (i) cranial injury; (ii) blunt force trauma; and finally (iii) vehicular collision through the deceased being an unrestrained driver, ejected from her vehicle. The Sheriff noted that the evidence led at the ...
By Emma Boffey on 04/11/2010 22:15
In terms of section 6(1) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, the Sheriff made a determination that Mr Bernard Graham died between about 11 pm on 9 November 2009 and 8:25 am on 10 November 2009, within Cell 8, Glenesk Hallm HMP Saughton, Edinburgh. Having reviewed the extensive investigations into Mr Graham’s death, the Sheriff concluded that he died of natural causes, his right coronary artery (which was affected by severe atherosclerosis) being comple ...
By Emma Boffey on 08/10/2010 21:01
The Sheriff found in terms of section 6(1) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Death Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, that Mr Thomas James Strain died between 13:00 and about 16:30 hours on 23 November 2008 at HMP Bowhouse, Kilmarnock. The Sheriff determined that the cause of death was hanging. Having heard evidence and submissions, the Sheriff noted that there were no reasonable precautions whereby the deceased’s death might have been avoided, nor where there are any system defects which cont ...
By Emma Boffey on 03/10/2010 14:45
Fatal Accident Inquiry:- Having heard evidence and submissions, the Sheriff made a determination under the terms of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Death Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976, which contained no recommendations. The Sheriff found that in terms of section 6(1)(a) of the 1976 Act, that Mr Francis Goodwin, died at 0500 on 27 July 2005 at Western Infirmary, Glasgow, as a result of road traffic accident, which occurred at around 0420 on the same date. The cause of death was a chest injury susta ...
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