Lawyer for victims slates former FM

THE solicitor representing many of the families who died in Scotland from Covid last night slammed Nicola Sturgeon for failing to follow expert advice during the pandemic.

- BY RICHARD ELIAS

Aamer Anwar argued that is was completely wrong for politicians to use “hindsight” as an excuse for their failures.

He went on: “ The Covid Bereaved is grateful to the inquiry for delivering what can only be described as a devastating indictment on the UK's lack of preparation to fight Covid-19.

Despite a belief that the UK was a world leader in preparedness, it quickly and terrifyingly became all too clear that we were not”