Linda and Stuart Allan may have to withdraw from an FAI into Katie's death despite five years of tirelessly campaigning
The mum of a young woman who died in custody says the family now faces having to pay thousands of pounds to have a voice during a probe into her death.
But their request for funding from the Scottish Legal Aid Board has now been denied while an “army of lawyers is paid to represent prison officers, ministers, health trusts, police officers and the Prison Officers Association”. “After everything that’s happened over the last five years, we just don’t have the money even if we do technically earn over the threshold for legal aid.
“Last year the Crown Office said there was reliable and credible evidence that the Scottish Prison Service materially contributed to Katie’s death but they couldn’t prosecute because of Crown immunity. “Katie’s parents have been relentless in the last five years in seeking the truth of what happened not just to Katie, but to every other young person who has taken their life at Polmont.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Legal Aid Board said: “We have received no application for civil legal aid from Mr and Mrs Allan and we have contacted Mr Anwar to get more details.
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