A fatal accident inquiry has heard a 16-year-old who took his own life in Polmont Young Offenders Institution had been removed from suicide watch hours earlier.
William Lindsay had been remanded in custody due to a lack of beds in a secure unit, three days before he died in 2018.
Today a joint fatal accident inquiry into the teenager’s death and that of 21-year old Katie Allan got underway.
This inquiry will not be to apportion blame.
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