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Bin lorry crash driver will not face private prosecution
Families of crash victims distraught by ruling
THE driver of a bin lorry which crashed and killed six people in Glasgow will be spared a private prosecution sought by the victims’ relatives, a judge ruled yesterday.
In a rare legal bid, family members of three victims had asked for permission from senior judges to bring criminal charges against driver Harry Clarke.
Only two such private prosecutions have been granted since 1900.
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