The dad of a ecstasy death schoolgirl Grace Handling has called for an end to the “cruel” not proven verdict as a major review on its future gets underway.
Grief-stricken Stewart Handling’s family are among those who have contributed to a long-awaited Scottish Government consultation, launched this week, on whether to abolish the country’s unique three-verdict system.
His daughter Grace was just 13 when she died after taking deadly pills on her last day of the school year. Stewart, from Irvine, Ayrshire, watched the man accused of killing her walk free from court on a not proven verdict – after admitting giving her the class A drug and leaving her dead on his living-room floor.Stewart says the verdict haunts him more than the day Grace
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