TWO paramedics have lost an appeal against their conviction for failing to provide reasonable care to a man who later died.
Tom Le Sauteur and John Sutherland have this week been in the Royal Court challenging the two-year conditional discharge handed down to them earlier this year, after they were found guilty by Jurats of failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of 39-year-old Frazer Irvine.
Mr Irvine died in March 2022 after he called 999 following a suspected overdose.
In June this year, Jurats found that delays in delivering care on the night were unreasonable.
Both paramedics vowed to appeal against their convictions and received support from colleagues and members of the public.
Their appeal, which was largely financed by donations to a fundraising campaign set up to help them clear their names, has failed.
Appeal judge Adrian Fulford said: “We are unhesitatingly of the view that the verdict was supported by evidence and there were no other grounds to conclude there has been a miscarriage of justice.”
More in tomorrow’s JEP.
