The Sunday Post (Dundee)

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nothing, nothing about how officers allowed him to leave their care, and nothing about how he died. Now we find out the little that they have told us cannot be trusted.”

Mr Calder demanded chief constable Iain Livingston­e take a personal interest in the investigat­ion and ensure the family are properly informed.

“It is hard to take anything they tell us now at face value and if this whole affair has not reached the chief constable’s desk, then it should have. It is about the reputation of his force.

He said: “If I had not found this

Eight weeks after his death, the family of Scott Calder still do not know where he was dropped by police

On Friday afternoon, after being told CCTV footage of the area showed no patrol cars stopping where his parents had been told Scott was dropped, Police Scotland said he had, in fact, been put out of the car at another bus stop, near a caravan park on the outskirts of town.

This more isolated location is not covered by CCTV.

Two months after his death, police have still to tell his parents exactly when and where officers last saw him alive. After their son’s body was found on a beach on the morning of Sunday, October 14, police told Brian and Karen Calder that officers had dropped him at a bus stop, circled, in Port Seton around 11.20pm.

An officer took Brian there to show him exactly where his son was last seen alive and five weeks ago, we told how the couple were asking people living and working nearby if they had seen Scott?

On Friday, police said that was wrong. footage, and I had just accepted their original version of events, would they ever have told us this? Who knows? It feels like they will tell us anything.

“We hear a lot from the police about trust and transparen­cy but words are cheap.”

Scott, 23, was found dead the morning after a beer festival at Gosford House, Longniddry, exactly eight weeks ago.

The Master’s student had been picked up by officers after a 999 call was made, but was dropped off with no phone or wallet. Rugby star Scott had been at an

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Brian and Karen Calder at bus stop in Port Seton
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The bus stop on the outskirts of town Chief constable Iain v Livingston­e needs to get involved, according to Scott’s family
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