Glasgow University student takes own life in young offender institution

A Glasgow University student took her own life in a young offender institution months after being sentenced for dangerous driving, a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) heard. Katie Allan, 21, who was also from Glasgow, was found dead in her cell at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in 2018. Her mother told the hearing her daughter was "terrified" and said her daughter "was being berated by fellow inmates" on the day of her death.

The agreed evidence was heard on the first day of a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) at Falkirk Sheriff Court, which is looking into the deaths of Ms Allan and another inmate, William Brown, 16, in separate incidents at Polmont, the Mirror reports. William was remanded in custody after being deemed a "potential risk to public safety" at Glasgow Sheriff Court on October 4, 2018, three days before his death. He was found dead in his cell the day after his suicide watch was stopped because he posed "no apparent risk

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