A former nurse who reported the Scottish Government to the police for corporate manslaughter has been asked for more in-depth information.
The Covid-19 National Death Inquiry Team are now looking at Lesley Roberts’ evidence as part of Operation Koper and she has been asked for a fuller statement ahead of a formal police interview.
Lesley, along with other NHS campaigners, handed in a coronavirus dossier to police last month blaming the Scottish Government for around 10,000 deaths since the pandemic struck.
The evidence they have collated centres on deaths in care homes and hospitals and among healthcare staff.
Lesley, a nurse and union health and safety rep during the pandemic, said when the group – Action for a Safe & Accountable People’s NHS – initially approached the police they seemed “disinterested” in what they had to say.
She said: “So I wrote to the Lord Advocate, the Procurator Fiscal and Chief Constable Iain Livingstone. It was only after that I was contacted by the inquiry team.”
She continued: “I am glad someone is finally listening.”
Lesley was an eye-witness to what went on in Scotland’s hospitals at the height of the pandemic and was calling for action on masks and the use of Do Not Resuscitate orders “across the board” from the very beginning.
She said: “Someone has to be accountable for the lives lost and the blame rests with the Scottish Government and Nicola Sturgeon in particular.”
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