‘No justice’ after deaths in hotel blaze
The mother of a man who died along with his partner in a fatal hotel fire has said her family has received “no justice”.
Janemidgley’ssonsimonand hispartnerricharddysondied in the fire at Cameron House Hotel by Loch Lomond in December 2017.
The Crown Office has said a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) is notneededbecausethecircumstancesofhowthetwomenhad died had been determined.
But Ms Midgley said she was prepared to fight for an inquiry so as to prevent a similar loss of life in the future.
Last week the Crown Office said it was "satisfied" the reasons for the tragedy had been established.italsosaidthescottish Fire and Rescue Service would "highlight the investigation and the tragic outcomes" to the accommodation sector.
However, Ms Midgley told
BBC Scotland News she had been left devastated.
"My life is ruined, my life is destroyed because of this, and I’venojustice,noamountofjustice,” she said.
“No prison sentence, no fine would ever justify what's happened, so all I've got to do now is fight for this Fatal Accident Inquiry and make it safer for everybody else. And I hope and pray that they do."
In January, Cameron House was ordered to pay £500,000 after admitting to breaches of firesafetyrules,whichledtothe deaths of Mr Midgley, 32, and Mr Dyson, 38, who were guests at the hotel.
Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard the fire started after night porter Christopher O'malley placed a plastic bag of ash in a cupboard containing kindling and newspapers.
The 35-year-old admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act and was given a community payback order to carry out 300 hours of unpaid
work. Two weeks ago, Kevin Mcloughlin, a senior coroner in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, ruled that Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson were unlawfully killed.
Mr Mcloughlin expressed "puzzlement" that he had not
been allowed access to documents and CCTV footage by authorities in Scotland.
A spokesman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said once a request for a review of the decision not to
hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry had been received, it would be conducted by Crown Counsel with no previous involvement in the matter.