GRIEVING PARENTS IN BODY SCAN PLEA

SCOTTISH prosecutors have travelled to England to study post-mortem body scanning machines which may reduce the need for invasive procedures in death investigations.

- BY JENNIFER HYLAND

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service officials attended a meeting at the Coroner's Office in Lancashire last week along with Scottish pathology specialists.

The meeting was attended by Ann Stark, who has been calling for overhaul of the post-mortem system in Scotland after saying her son Richard was “butchered” and tissue samples removed without her consent.

Ann and husband Gerry want CT scanners and keyhole surgery used as often as possible instead of invasive removal of organs and tissue.