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09.12.2022 - 15:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A trailer with faulty brakes turned into “an unguided missile” when it detached from the Land Rover towing it, a judge said today. Lord Mulholland told driver Mark McVay he was criminally responsible for causing the death of 38-year-old Michelle Russell because he had failed to make sure the trailer was hitched securely to his vehicle before the accident near Saline in Fife August 30 2018.
Michelle, from Alva, Clackmannanshire, had set off on the morning of the crash planning to visit her grandmother. The judge said she had no time to take evasive action as the uncoupled trailer crossed into her side of the road and collided almost head on with her car.
The injuries she suffered were “catastrophic and unsurvivable”, he said, and her death had caused grief, loss and incalculable heartbreak to her relatives, including her parents George and Margaret and her sisters Amanda and Nicola.
He said: “It is clear from the Victim Impact Statements that Michelle was deeply loved by her parents and sisters and wider family. I was particularly moved by her father's description of Michelle's love for wild flowers and the single red flower which reminded him of her.
“Remembering all that she meant to them will hopefully bring some comfort over time. They all have my deepest sympathies. I hope that time may assuage to some extent their grief and loss.”
McVay, 56, from Backmuir of Pitfirrane, Dunfermline, had denied causing Ms Russell’s death by driving the Land Rover and trailer dangerously while both were in unsafe condition. He was found guilty of the offences following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh in October.
The vehicle faults included a fractured chassis on the Land Rover and a defective emergency braking mechanism on the
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