A former Scotland rugby scrum half was left to die by a pilot who showed a “total disregard” for his passenger’s safety, a report has concluded.
Greig Oliver, 58, screamed “Jesus” moments before an accident in Cape Town, South Africa, when the tandem paraglider on which he was a passenger collided with a second craft and plummeted more than 800ft into the ocean.
Oliver, from Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, became tangled in his harness and, weighed down by the rigging, was swept on to rocks.
The official investigation into the death, which happened last July, found that the 22-year-old pilot had been carrying out “reckless and unsafe” manoeuvres. He made no effort to save Oliver after the crash and instead freed himself to swim
