A man who killed a woman motorist after the trailer he was towing detached from his Land Rover and collided with her car has been jailed. Mark McVay failed to properly secure the trailer to his Land Rover before it uncoupled and crashed into Michelle Russell's vehicle.
McVay, 56, had denied causing the death of Ms Russell, 38, by driving the Land Rover towing the trailer dangerously. But he was convicted of the offence following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday.
He drove the vehicles while in a dangerous condition, as the braking system to the trailer was inadequately maintained. The trailer was also heavily modified, as a crane and power pack were fixed to it, among other alterations he carried out before the fatal crash occurred on August 30, 2018, at West Road, near Saline, in Fife.
