Autumn date for bin lorry hearing

A full hearing for judges to examine the bid to bring a private prosecution against Glasgow bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke will be held in the autumn, a court has heard.

Scotland’s top judge said that a two-day hearing should take place in October or November, with the exact date not yet arranged.

Mr Clarke was driving the lorry when it went out of control in Queen Street in December 2014. Six people were killed.

The family of victims Jack and Lorraine Sweeney and their granddaughter Erin McQuade are pursuing the court bid, which follows a Crown Office decision not to prosecute Mr Clarke.