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Crown Counsel Instruct FAI into the deaths of 2 girls who fell to their deaths from the Erskine Bridge

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service News Release

25 June 2010

CROWN COUNSEL INSTRUCT FATAL ACCIDENT INQUIRY INTO THE DEATHS OF TWO GIRLS WHO FELL TO THEIR DEATHS FROM THE ERSKINE BRIDGE

The following is attributable to a Crown Office Spokesperson:

"Crown Counsel have instructed that a Fatal Accident Inquiry should be held into the deaths of Niamh Frances Bysouth and Georgia May Rowe (also known as Terrie Faye Oliver) who fell to their deaths from the Erskine Bridge on 4 October 2009. At the time of their deaths they were resident at the Good Shepherd Centre (Open School) in Renfrewshire.

"No date has yet been set for the Inquiry and we will continue to keep the families advised of the status of the case and any future developments."

Note to editors.

1. The Area Procurator Fiscal for Argyll and Clyde will make an application to the Court in due course who will then fix a suitable date for the Inquiry to be heard.

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Page updated: Friday, June 25, 2010