Father of boy shot in cafe goes to UN

Published on 28/06/2012 00:30

A MAN whose toddler son was shot dead in a cafe in Turkey is taking his campaign for a strong global treaty on the arms trade to the UN.

David Grimason has been campaigning for tighter controls on the trade of weapons since his two-year-old son Alistair was killed during a gunfight at a cafe in the seaside village of Foca in July 2003.

Alistair was asleep in his pram when an argument broke out at a nearby table and a man opened fire, killing the child, from East Kilbride. Mr Grimason will travel with Oxfam to UN talks in New York on Saturday. Crucial, month-long final negotiations get under way at the UN on Monday.

Mr Grimason said: “Alistair was robbed of the chance to grow up and I was robbed of the opportunity to be a dad, and all because a man armed with an illegal gun chose to open fire.”