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Major George McCallum admits charges over Kaylee McIntosh death Major George McCallum admits charges over Kaylee McIntosh death
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The man responsible for an army cadet expedition which led to a teenager's death has admitted health and safety charges.The man responsible for an army cadet expedition which led to a teenager's death has admitted health and safety charges.
Kaylee McIntosh, 14, from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, drowned after becoming trapped under a boat during a training exercise in Loch Carnan in the Outer Hebrides in 2007.Kaylee McIntosh, 14, from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, drowned after becoming trapped under a boat during a training exercise in Loch Carnan in the Outer Hebrides in 2007.
Major George McCallum, 52, admitted charges at Inverness Sheriff Court.Major George McCallum, 52, admitted charges at Inverness Sheriff Court.
McCallum will be sentenced for the offences later.McCallum will be sentenced for the offences later.
No-one had initially realised that Kaylee was missing.No-one had initially realised that Kaylee was missing.
She was under the boat for 90 minutes before her disappearance was noticed.She was under the boat for 90 minutes before her disappearance was noticed.
Kaylee was one of 34 cadets on the training exercise when her boat overturned.Kaylee was one of 34 cadets on the training exercise when her boat overturned.
She had been wearing the wrong type of life jacket, which resulted in her being pinned beneath the boat.She had been wearing the wrong type of life jacket, which resulted in her being pinned beneath the boat.
A fatal accident inquiry into the incident heard evidence over 10 days.A fatal accident inquiry into the incident heard evidence over 10 days.
'Long road'
Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen published his findings in 2009, saying that a number of precautions could have been taken which would have avoided the accident or prevented Kaylee's death.Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen published his findings in 2009, saying that a number of precautions could have been taken which would have avoided the accident or prevented Kaylee's death.
A statement on behalf of Kaylee's parents after Friday's plea stated: "The family's position today is to give a guarded, cautious welcome. There's certainly no sense of triumphalism on their part.
"They view this as one more step on a long road to securing comprehensive justice for their daughter Kaylee.
"They are in a sense grateful to Major McCallum for what's he's done today, albeit at long last, to hold up his hands and admit his culpability to what happened to Kaylee.
"He has at least spared the family the ordeal of a lengthy legal hearing going over the agonising detail of Kaylee's last moments."