Mother tells of ‘five years of torture’ since fatal Scottish hotel fire

Undated family handout file photo of Simon Midgley (right) and Richard Dyson. Photo: Family handout/PA Wire

THE mother of a man who died following a hotel fire felt “tremendous guilt” she was not there to help rescue her son and his partner from the blaze, an inquiry has heard.

Simon Midgley, 32, and his partner Richard Dyson, 38, from London, died following the blaze at the five-star Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond in December 2017.