‘Justice’ for family of man killed by reckless driver

THE family of a man killed when a rail worker ran over him say they now have a “bit of justice”.

James McAlear, 61, was returning home from a night shift around 5:30am when he was not paying attention to the road and his Network Rail Vauxhall van ran over Stephen Hendry.

The 23-year-old had been on a night out and was lying on Caledonia Road in Glasgow’s Gorbals area.

After a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court, McAlear was yesterday found guilty of causing the death of Mr Hendry by driving without due care or attention or without reasonable consideration for other road users and failing to see him lying on the road, and driving over his body.

After the verdict, Mr Hendry’s mother Maureen said the family now have a “wee bit of justice”.

During the trial, the court heard from PC Andrew King, a road traffic police officer who attended the scene. Solicitor advocate Liam O’Donnell, defending, asked: “What condition would you say Mr McAlear was in when you spoke to him?”

PC King replied: “Surprisingly normal. Given the circumstances my own feeling was he didn’t pay much mind.”

Sentence was deferred until next month and bail continued.