Police divers are searching a river more than 17 years after a mum went missing on her way to work. Malgorzata Wnuczek, who was aged 27 at the time, vanished on May 31, 2006.
27.09.2023 - 12:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A mother who went to the pub instead of seeking medical help for her daughter before she died is set to take part in a probe into the teenager's death.
Robyn Goldie, 13, became unwell at her home in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, but rather than get her help her mum Sharon Goldie went out drinking. Robyn had tried to get medical help the week before she passed away but was stopped by her mother.
Goldie later admitted wilful ill treatment and neglect of her daughter between July 2017 and July 2018 and was jailed for three years and six months in October 2020.
A fatal accident inquiry was ordered into the circumstances of her death earlier this year by Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC. A preliminary hearing at Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Goldie will take part in the inquiry but she did not personally attend court today.
Depute fiscal Aimee Doran said: "The deceased child's mother Sharon Goldie is now represented. I understand her lawyers were only instructed last Friday and they have now submitted an application to the legal aid board for sanction to request counsel for any inquiry."
Goldie's lawyer Emma-Louise Loran told the court she appeared at the hearing in 'special urgency' after only being instructed last week.
The court also heard from lawyers who represent North Lanarkshire Council and social workers who were involved with Robyn before she died.
Scott Blair, advocate for the council, said: "The local authority is intending to tease out what the medical authorities may have known and what may have been done in this case."
NHS Lanarkshire, Police Scotland and the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration have all been written to and asked if they want to take part in the inquiry. Sheriff Linda Nicolson ordered another preliminary
Police divers are searching a river more than 17 years after a mum went missing on her way to work. Malgorzata Wnuczek, who was aged 27 at the time, vanished on May 31, 2006.
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