Anger at claims horror fall fan was drunk
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CLAIMS that heavy drinking was to blame when a Moray football supporter lost his arm in a horror fall under a moving train have been denied by a friend who was there at the time.
Garry Geddes (21), from Buckie, had his left arm amputated at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, after slipping off the platform at Perth station as he tried to get on the train.
The Rangers season ticket holder had been attending his team’s match in Glasgow and, with Buckie-based pals Steven Nicol and Daniel Smith, had missed his bus home.
Mr Nicol told ‘The Northern Scot’ how his friend nipped off the train at the station for a quick cigarette and when it began to move off, he described seeing Mr Geddes frantically knocking on the train window only seconds before his tragic fall.
In response to national newspaper reports claiming Mr Geddes was "boozed up", his friend angrily denied alcohol was to blame.
"I was annoyed the way the papers were making it out," he said. "They were saying he was stotting about and could hardly walk and fell on the tracks, but that was certainly not the case.
"We all had a drink during the day but by the time we were on the train we were sobered up, really."
A window fabricator with Moray Firth Windows in Buckie, Mr Geddes is a Rangers season ticket holder and was attending Sunday’s match at Ibrox on a bus run by the Keith and District Supporters’ Club.
For the full story see this week's 'Northern Scot'.
