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East Ayrshire council has admitted that it failed the family of a man who died following a severe brain injury sustained in an accident at work.

The Scottish local authority was fined £56,000 after admitting to a health and safety charge at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

Rober McGill died after a platform he was working on collapsed, resulting in a brain injury which later killed him.

Sheriff Seth Ireland described the loss of Mr McGill to his family as "beyond any monetary figure and be priceless".

"The aggravating features, in my view, are the apparent lack of any real safe system of work for the operation of this platform prior to the most unfortunate accident and resultant death of Mr McGill," he commented.

East Ayrshire Council has since implemented a review of safety procedures, the court was told.

The news comes shortly after children's services in Nottingham were criticised in a report after a 35-day-old baby sustained a fatal traumatic brain injury.

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