Cliff death charges.TWO activity instructors have been charged over the death of a 15-year-old girl who fell off a cliff. Laura Mc Dairmant, of Carlisle, was on an adventure holiday in July 2006 when she was badly injured in a fall at the Grey Mare's Tail Grey Mare's Tail is a 200-foot hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland. The fall is produced by the Tail Burn flowing from Loch Skeen cascading into the Moffat Water in the lower valley below. at Black Loch, Newton Stewart Coordinates: Newton Stewart (Gd: Baile Ur nan Stiùbhartach) is a burgh in Wigtown (formerly the county of Wigtownshire), Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the River Cree. Across the river is the town of Minnigaff. . She later died in hospital. She had been part of a group staying at Barcaple Christian Centre The Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte) is a Christian political party in Germany without parliamentary representation. External links
The Abernethy Trust, who run the centre, and Gareth Alcorn, 25, and Richard Farrell, 28, have been charged with failing to ensure the girl's safety and failure to prevent employees from using an unsafe site. The case has been continued for two weeks without plea at Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court. |
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