Trial of SNP MP Angus MacNeil adjourned as witnesses need to catch ferries

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Angus MacNeil appeared at Lochmaddy Sheriff Court, in the Outer Hebrides, on Wednesday as procurator fiscal Miriam Clark accused him of the driving offence in which the dirt bike rider suffered serious injuries to his leg on October 30 2020. The court heard how the rider was travelling along the A888, near the Castlebay Community School on MacNeil’s home island of Barra, when MacNeil pulled out and crashed into the teenager. The 17-year-old told the court that MacNeil pulled out of the road-side parking bay in a way that was “slow, normal, like anybody else would pull out” and that his bike-riding friend was travelling at about 30mph, which MacNeil’s advocate John Brannigan highlighted was faster than the 20mph speed limit.