Scottish Covid Bereaved lawyer rips into ’shameful’ SNP for destroying evidence

Scottish Covid Bereaved group lawyer, Aamer Anwar ripped into the Scottish government outside the the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, where Humza Yousaf had been giving evidence. Mr Anwar said: ’WhatsApps, whilst announcing an external review to the handling of WhatsApps by the government. The covid bereaved regard the first minister’s statement as too little and too late. The damage has been done, the evidence has been destroyed and today was nothing more than a shameful 11th hour scrambling to sort out a mess created by his government and predecessors. Critical evidence was destroyed on an industrial scale. My clients are angry at the circling of the wagons around Nicola Sturgeon, which has meant that the focus is not been on the thousands who died from Covid. It’s time that the first Minister, Hamza Yusuf, stop acting like a cheerleader for his former boss Nicola Sturgeon. He has failed to take control. His government has been dragged into disclosing evidence to the public inquiry on a slow drip feed WhatsApp during the critical period of the pandemic. For the first eight months of 2020 between Les Lloyd, the chief of staff, and Nicola Sturgeon prior to September 1st 2020 no longer exist. How very convenient the Scottish Covid Bere fought for this inquiry in December. Families who lost loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic have said they were “scunnered” with First Minister Humza Yousaf’s evidence to the inquiry on Thursday and said it had given them “no answers”. The First Minister gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry on Thursday where he made an “unreserved apology” to families over the Scottish Government’s handling of WhatsApp messages exchanged throughout the pandemic. MORE SCOTTISH POLITICS: Become a Scottish Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Scottish Sun: Like The Sun on Facebook: Follow The Sun on Twitter: #scotland #politics #humzaYousaf