The family of a woman who died in a horror bike crash have spoken of their loss as her fiancé was cleared of causing her death.
Bronte Hutchison was described as a “kind, beautiful, wholesome girl” as former Royal Navy serviceman Bret Simpson, 30, walked free from the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday following a not proven verdict.
The 23-year-old victim was a passenger on Simpson’s Kawasaki motorbike when it crashed in Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders, more than three years ago.
She died at the scene after sustaining a fatal head injury and Simpson was charged with causing her death by dangerous driving by reaching excessive speeds on the A6091 Galashiels to Melrose bypass on August 5, 2018.But a jury acquitted Simpson of the
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