Sheku officer is fit to stand trial

A FEMALE police officer said to have been badly hurt and who ‘feared for her life’ in the incident that led to the death of Sheku Bayoh will stand trial over alleged data protection breaches.

Almost a year of legal wrangling over the extent of PC Nicole Short’s injuries has delayed her trial over allegations she illegally accessed information on the police computer system.

PC Short was involved in the struggle that led to the death of father-of-two Mr Bayoh, pictured, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, last May.

The trial was to be heard in early 2015. But yesterday Christine Hagan, defending, told Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court doctors have now deemed Short fit to stand trial.

A trial date was set in October, with Short ordered to attend a pre-trial hearing in September. Short, 30, of Glenrothes, pleaded not guilty to three charges under the Data Protection Act.