INQUIRY UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND INQUIRIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 INTO THE SUDDEN DEATH OF RICHARD CROMPTON [2009] ScotSC 187 (21 December 2009)

INQUIRY UNDER THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AND INQUIRIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1976 INTO THE SUDDEN DEATH OF RICHARD CROMPTON [2009] ScotSC 187 (21 December 2009)

No reasonable precautions could have been taken whereby Richard Crompton's death might have been avoided; there were no defects in any system of working which contributed to his death; and there were no other relevant facts to the circumstances of his death.

Citation
[2009] ScotSC 187
Parties
Deceased: Richard Crompton; Partner of Deceased/interested Party: Miss Tracy Forbes; Prosecutor: Crown; Interested Party: Scottish Prison Service; Prison Operator/interested Party: Kalyx
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
21 December 2009
Procedural Posture
Fatal Accident Inquiry / Determination Following Inquiry
Outcome
No recommendations; death was unforeseeable and not preventable under the circumstances.
Legal Topics
Death in Custody, Suicide, Prisoner Welfare, Risk Assessment Procedures, Staff Training, Provision of Equipment in Prisons
Prison Law Coroners and Inquests Administrative Law Death in Custody Suicide Prisoner Welfare Risk Assessment Procedures Staff Training +1 more

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Parties

Richard Crompton

Deceased

Miss Tracy Forbes

Partner of Deceased/interested Party

Crown

Prosecutor

Scottish Prison Service

Interested Party

Kalyx

Prison Operator/interested Party

Procedural Posture

Fatal Accident Inquiry / Determination Following Inquiry

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether reasonable precautions could have prevented the death of Richard Crompton
  2. 2 Whether any defects in the system of working contributed to the death
  3. 3 Whether any other relevant facts contributed to the circumstances of death

Ratio Decidendi

No reasonable precautions could have been taken whereby Richard Crompton's death might have been avoided; there were no defects in any system of working which contributed to his death; and there were no other relevant facts to the circumstances of his death.

Court Disposition

No recommendations; death was unforeseeable and not preventable under the circumstances.