Two FAIs announced for custody deaths
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The Crown Office has lodged first notices for fatal accident inquiries into the deaths of 66-year-old William Lothian at HMP Edinburgh in 2021 and of 77-year-old William Tucker at HMP Low Moss in 2022.
Mr Lothian was found dead in his cell within HMP Edinburgh on the morning of 14 May 2021. The inquiry will explore the circumstances of his death, with particular focus on the Scottish Prison Service ‘Talk To Me’ suicide prevention process and the adequacy of the Reception Risk Assessment process.
Mr Tucker died within HMP Low Moss in East Dunbartonshire on the afternoon of 5 October 2022. He had been receiving palliative care prior to his death.
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