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Linda and Stuart Allan, parents of Katie Allan, alongside solicitor Aamer Anwar as they speak to the media after a first court hearing at Falkirk Sheriff Court for the Fatal Accident Inquiry into Katie Allan and William Lindsay, who both took their own lives at Polmont Young Offenders Institution, July 11, 2023
CROWN immunity must be scrapped and the “veil of secrecy” over the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay must be lifted, according to Aamer Anwar.
The lawyer, acting on behalf of their families, made the renewed call as the Joint Fatal Accident Inquiry into their suicides gets underway at Falkirk Sheriff Court tommorrow.
Ms Allan, a 21-year-old student, had been sentenced to 16 months in prison after pleading guilty to drink-driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving, but was found in her cell on June 4 2018 just days before she was eligible for release.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
