No private prosecution for bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke

Families bereaved by the bin lorry crash in Glasgow that killed six people have been denied the right to launch a private prosecution against the driver.

Harry Clarke lost consciousness at the wheel in George Square three days before Christmas 2014.

The case was brought by the family of crash victims Jack and Lorraine Sweeney, aged 68 and 69, and their granddaughter Erin McQuade, 18, after Scotland's Crown Office decided not to prosecute.

Stephenie Tait, 29, Jacqueline Morton, 51, and Gillian Ewing, 52, also died in the crash.

It later emerged Mr Clarke lied to his employers about his medical history of blackouts.

Relatives of two students who were killed in similar circumstances in Glasgow have also had their bid to prosecute privately rejected.

Students Mhairi Convey and Laura Stewart were killed in Glasgow in 2010 after driver William Payne mounted the pavement in his Range Rover after falling unconscious at the wheel.

The judges had been deciding since hearing the final arguments in October.