Scottish firm fined £20k after worker dies in fall

A Scottish contractor has been fined £20,000 after a worker died on one of its sites in July 2002.

Robertson Group, of Elgin, admitted breaching health and safety legislation following the death of James Weir, 38, in an accident during construction work at Auchterarder High School, in Perthshire.

 Weir fell from height shortly after a safety net was removed.

Group executive chairman William Robertson said: "It's a severe penalty. As the main contractor it was ultimately our responsibility."

He added that appealing against the sentence "remains an option."