Trial date set for toddler death

Paul was on holiday with his family

Three men are due to go on trial over the death of a toddler who was killed by a speedboat in the Bahamas.

Paul Gallagher, two, from Orpington, south-east London, died from head injuries when the boat mounted the beach in the Atlantis Resort in 2002.

Boat driver James Bain and boat owners Clifford Nottage and Evangeless Williamson are charged with manslaughter through negligence.

The trial is set to go ahead in Nassau, the Bahamas capital, on April 14.

The Foreign Office announcement follows a five-year campaign by the child's family to bring the case to court.

Paul's mother Andrea, 41, confirmed she and her husband were due to fly out to give evidence at the forthcoming trial.

She said: "We're relieved in one way, but also apprehensive. We want justice to be served, but it's a lot to go through again. We feel as if our lives have been put on hold."