CADET PARENTS TOLD SORRY TWO YEARS AFTER TRAGEDY; Army chief apology for loch death.

Byline: STEPHEN WHITE

THE parents of an Army cadet finally got an apology from the military yesterday - two years after her tragic death.

Kaylee McIntosh, 14, drowned when a boating exercise in a loch went wrong and she ended up trapped under a capsized vessel.

Her mum Lesley and dad Derek, both 41, accused the Army of murdering her after a Fatal Accident Inquiry

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is a unique aspect of the Scottish legal system, which is requested by a Procurator Fiscal when a fatal accident has occurred. The legislation underpining this procedure is the Fatal Accident and Sudden Deaths (Scotland) Act 1976. heard a series of blunders were to blame for her 2007 death on South Uist South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist-a-Deas) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in Great .

The couple are suing the Army but yesterday called a truce with top brass to unveil a granite seat at Fyvie Castle Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century - some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. , near their home, in honour of Kaylee. Lt Gen Nick Parker told them: "I am deeply sorry for what has happened."

Lesley said: "We expected an apology but we would have liked it sooner."

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DROWNED Kaylee, 14. TRIBUTE Memorial

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Date:	Jul 6, 2009
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