Police ‘failings’ identified in case of missing woman

CATRIONA WEBSTER

Janet McKay suffered from dementia.

failings” in the subsequent inquiry.

Officers did not take a statement from Mrs McKay’s carer who would have been able to describe what she had been wearing, and they “failed to act promptly” in response to a reported sighting of her on the day she went missing.

Significant information about Mrs McKay being seen by another witness on the day she

went missing was not passed on to a relevant officer until days later, and information that she had been seen boarding a bus to Clydebank was not followed up quickly enough.

In a statement, Mrs McKay’s family said: “We hope that going forward Police Scotland will look carefully at these recommendations and that valuable lessons have been learned.”