A “wholly innocent" teenage trainee mechanic was tragically killed "in utterly appalling and tragic circumstances” when he was crushed to death by a tractor during a work placement.
The death of Neil Graham, 17, on a farm has led to fines totalling £50,000 for health and safety breaches for a family farming business as a judge branded the fatal incident as “heartbreaking” and “monumentally tragic”.
Neil, was on a work placement with 63-year-old Gordon Brown's agricultural engineering firm and on the day in question was working on a Massey Ferguson brought in for repair by Jamie Loane’s family farming business – C&V Loane Limited
