Causeway drowning to go before accident inquiry
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 amFrom the Scotsman at http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Cause ... 5804110.jp
A SHERIFF is to examine the death of a businessman who drowned after trying to drive across a causeway linking an island with Kintyre's mainland.
Len Bennett, 70, disappeared in bad weather after leaving his home at the Light Keeper's House on 160-acre Davaar Island in Campbeltown Loch.
Mr Bennett's wife Rose raised the alarm after he failed to arrive in Campbeltown on 4 January last year. A full-scale search involving a rescue helicopter, police, coastguard and lifeboat teams was launched. Although his Land Rover was found, Mr Bennett's body was not discovered until a week later when it was washed up ten miles away, at Blackwaterfoot on Arran.
A SHERIFF is to examine the death of a businessman who drowned after trying to drive across a causeway linking an island with Kintyre's mainland.
Len Bennett, 70, disappeared in bad weather after leaving his home at the Light Keeper's House on 160-acre Davaar Island in Campbeltown Loch.
Mr Bennett's wife Rose raised the alarm after he failed to arrive in Campbeltown on 4 January last year. A full-scale search involving a rescue helicopter, police, coastguard and lifeboat teams was launched. Although his Land Rover was found, Mr Bennett's body was not discovered until a week later when it was washed up ten miles away, at Blackwaterfoot on Arran.