Sister We feel there has been no justice
after his death. Michael was injured near his parents’ house in Airdrie and it’s thought he may have been heading there after being in a pub with a friend. The family have lodged an official complaint with Police Scotland about their handling of the initial investigation. Michael’s sister Clare Delaney, 44, said: “Originally when he was killed, we were told it was a hit-and-run and for three weeks the police had been seizing cars they thought might have been involved. They then told us they had charged the man who had said he had actually found Michael.
“But the police didn’t seize his car or take it away or even breathalyse him because at the time they didn’t think he was a suspect.
“The road was cordoned off but they didn’t take his car in for investigation until three weeks later.”
Clare says the family were told by the procurator f iscal that they thought McLuckie had been on his phone at the time of the incident but they were unable to prove it.
She added: “There was activity on his phone but they couldn’t pinpoint it to the exact time Michael had been killed because there were no witnesses.
“They reduced the charge to death by careless driving but had kept the other charges as well. We weren’t happy but understood.”
But just days before the case was due to go to court, they were told the defence pathologist had said that, because Michael had died from head injuries, it couldn’t have been McLuckie’s car that killed him as there was no debris at the
It’s devastating. We haven’t been able to grieve properly