Patient not considered a risk before killing dog walker says GP

An inquiry is investigating the healthcare the killer received prior to the tragedy in 2019

Iain Ramage

A GP has told a fatal accident inquiry that a patient was not considered a risk four months before he killed a dog walker and severely injured two other people in unprovoked attacks in Elgin.

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