Voices of the dead must be heard..

Pandemic co-ordinator's computer and phone may contain vital information

-  PAUL HUTCHEON

A COVID hero's widow claims her late husband's laptop and phone could contain missing pandemic messages from top Scottish Government figures.

Humza Yousaf is under huge pressure over claims senior figures like Nicola Sturgeon and national clinical director Jason Leitch deleted WhatsApp messages during Covid.

The scandal, flagged up by lawyers at the UK Covid Inquiry, led to the SNP government handing over nearly 14,000 WhatsApps this week.

Now Louise Slorance, whose husband Andrew helped co-ordinate the Scottish Government's Covid response before his death in 2020, believes his old work computer, which she has held on to for three years since his death, could contain key information for the inquiry.

She also accused the government of showing a "total disregard" for Andrew by not providing answers about his phone, which is now in its possession.

She said: "The voices of the dead must be heard and the duty to learn lessons seen. There is no place for secrecy."