Mum of tragic Katie Allan blasts ‘lies and insults’ since death in custody
dailyrecord.co.ukThe mum of a young woman who died in custody has launched a blistering attack on prosecutors and prison officials for “lies, insults and disdain” spanning five years.
A joint fatal accident inquiry was announced last week into the deaths of Katie Allan and teenager William Lindsay, who both took their lives at Polmont Young Offenders Institution.
Katie, who was 21, and William, 16, died in separate incidents within months of each other in 2018. But Katie’s mum, Linda, has questioned why there have been no criminal prosecutions despite evidence of shocking neglect and care failures.
She told the Sunday Mail: “In a strange way I am grateful to the Crown Office for the five years we have had to research and to understand what happened to Katie. “What is so difficult to accept is the knowledge that one day we will have to relive the horror of Katie’s last weeks, in a court, and to accept the amount of additional trauma that has been piled on us for so long.” Last year the Crown Office said there was enough evidence to prosecute Polmont over the death but the SPS is immune from prosecution.
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