Solicitor general 'apologises for delay' in Katie Allan prison death case

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suicide in custody, according to a statement on behalf of her family. A fatal accident inquiry into the death of Katie Allan cannot be held until a decision is made over prosecuting the prison service.

The family of the 21-year-old, who took her own life in her cell in June 2018, met Solicitor General Ruth Charteris QC on Wednesday in Glasgow, their solicitor Aamer Anwar said.

Miss Allan killed herself at Polmont Young Offenders Institution while serving a 16-month sentence after being convicted of a driving offence which injured a pedestrian.The Crown Office decided in September 2019 against prosecuting the Scottish Prison Service, but that decision was appealed by her parents Linda and Stuart in October last year through a victim's right.