Daryl Malcolm Shearer

But the point here is that it could easily have been avoided if Dr Campbell had written, or better still printed or typed, clear instructions in duplicate to the police to the effect that Mr Shearer should be taken to Raigmore Hospital the following morning to have his cheek x-rayed.

But I should have thought that a single form incorporating all the relevant information would be preferable, if only to avoid any subsequent doubt at an inquiry such as this.

But it is something that the police may wish to consider.

But here again I think that this is a matter that the police may wish to consider.

The important point here seems to me that, if the police are in any doubt about a prisoner’s medical condition, they should call a doctor without delay.