The Rutherglen family of a man who died in police custody have backed another family in their fight for answers in a similar case.
Calum Inglis died at HMP Addiewell in West Lothian last October – 10 days after testing positive for COVID.
the 34-year-old's family claim prison staff ignored the asthma sufferer’s dying pleas for medical help and failed to call an ambulance, even though he was coughing up blood.
Last week over 60 supporters of the family gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to call for justice.
Now the family of Castlemilk man Allan Marshall, who died in March 2015 after being dragged along the floor by officers at Edinburgh's Saughton jail, have offered their backing to the Inglis family.
A fatal accident inquiry into Allan’s death in 2018 ruled it to be “entirely preventable”.
His aunt Sharon MacFadyen, 47, of Rutherglen, said: "We would be willing to support the Inglis family in any way we can."
Calum's mum Jen, 62, dad Alan, 61, aunt Linda Simpson, 66, and sister Frances Marr, 32, led the launch of the Justice for Calum Inglis campaign.
Jen said: “We know this is just the start of a long road to get justice for my son.”
Alan added: “The fantastic turnout makes us feel we are not alone.”
Evidence from other prisoners and text messages from a phone Calum had in his cell outlined how his pleas for help went unanswered.
He repeatedly requested medical attention via his cell intercom in the last four days of his life and was promised by prison officers that “someone will see you in the morning” – but nobody ever came.
He passed away on the morning of October 24 in his cell.
HMP Addiewell's prison director Fraser Munro expressed his condolences to the family but couldn’t comment because of plans to gold a Fatal Accident Inquiry.
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