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Toni Inglis

Grieving dad welcomes plans to axe 'traumatising' 'not proven' verdict in Scotland

Grieving Ayrshire dad Stewart Handling, whose 13-year-old daughter Grace died after taking ecstasy, is backing Scotland's plans to axe the controversial 'not proven' verdict.

Stewart was left 'traumatised all over again' when the man who admitted to giving Grace the fatal drugs in 2018 was acquitted after the jury returned a not proven verdict.

The bereaved Irvine dad-of-three, said: "I'm delighted with the news, the whole family is very pleased.

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