A pub landlady due to face trial, accused of breaking coronavirus laws in the run up to Christmas 2020, has had all charges against her dropped.
Gillian Staley was accused of allowing alcohol to be consumed at the Carronbridge Inn, also known as The Soo House, in Carron, Falkirk, on December 12th 2020 without it being served as "ancilliary to a table meal".
She was accused of failing to ensure, as far as reasonable practicable, the required social distancing between people in the pub, and failing to ensure that the numbers of customers admitted to the pub were sufficiently limited to allow the required distancing to be maintained.
But prosecutors now say that after careful consideration of the facts and circumstances, including the available admissible evidence, the case has been dropped.
A Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Spokesperson said: "Prosecutors have a duty to keep cases under review and after careful consideration of the facts and circumstances, including the available admissible evidence, the Procurator Fiscal decided that there should be no proceedings taken at this time.
"The Crown reserves the right to proceed in the future should further evidence become available."
