The father of a Scottish teenager who died after collapsing on a remote walking trail in Australia says police took too long to respond to his emergency call because he believed they could not understand his accent.
Ewan Williamson, 14, died from severe heatstroke and exhaustion while walking the Badjirrajirra Loop Trail with his father, Gordon Williamson, in West Australia's Cape Range National Park in December, 2012.
Mr Williamson told an inquest at the Coroner's Court of Western Australia on Tuesday it seemed that the officer that handled his call struggled to understand him.
"He didn't make a lot of effort to try and understand," Mr Williamson was quoted as saying by the West Australian.
"It's seven minutes, I think that's bloody ridiculous. It shouldn't take seven minutes to get my point across."