Top lawyer will lead bin lorry crash inquiry
THE fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash which killed six people will be led by one of Scotland’s most prominent lawyers.
It was announced yesterday that Solicitor General Lesley Thomson will lead Crown evidence at the hearing, which will begin in July.
The tragedy happened on Monday, December 22 when a council refuse wagon went out of control among Christmas shoppers in the city’s George Square.
The vehicle, driven by Harry Clarke, 58, travelled up Queen Street and into the square before embedding itself in the side of the Millennium Hotel.
The Crown Office has already said that Mr Clarke will not face criminal charges.
A spokesman added: “We can confirm that the Solicitor General, Lesley Thomson QC, will conduct the fatal accident inquiry.”
The FAI will begin on Wednesday, July 22 at Glasgow Sheriff Court before Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC, with a preliminary hearing scheduled to take place on Monday.
The six people who died were: teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, from Glasgow; student Erin McQuade, 18, and her grandparents Lorraine, 69, and Jack Sweeney, 68, from Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire; tax worker Jacqueline Morton, 51, from Glasgow and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh.
