Cop 'tortured' over M9 crash call failure apologises to victim's families
dailyrecord.co.ukA retired police officer has apologised to the families of two people who lay undiscovered for days in a crashed car after he failed to log a call reporting the incident, saying he is "tortured" by what happened.
Retired police sergeant Brian Henry, 61, said he feels "dreadful" for the families of Lamara Bell and John Yuill and that the incident "lives with me every day and will always do so".
Ms Bell, 25, and Mr Yuill, 28, died after the car they were in left the M9 near Stirling on July 5, 2015 as they drove back from a camping trip.
They lay in their Renault Clio for three days before being discovered on July 8, despite police previously being alerted to the incident.Mr Henry said he cannot explain why he failed to log the call about the crashed car and that he goes over what happened again and again in his mind.
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