The trial of a Scottish lawmaker accused of travelling by train with COVID-19 symptoms has got a new pre-trial hearing scheduled next month after a document was delayed due to the Monkeypox outbreak.
A Scottish court on Tuesday heard that the defence of Margaret Ferrier was still waiting to obtain a report from a virologist who now has more work because of the Monkeypox outbreak.
Ferrier, the 61-year-old independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, didn’t attend the hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, but her lawyer said she maintains her plea of not guilty.
Ferrier was charged in January last year “in connection with alleged culpable and reckless conduct” following a police investigation into an alleged breach of pandemic regulations in September 2020….