The Crown Office is being urged to take a fresh look at the evidence surrounding the tragic death of a child who was engulfed in flames in the city.
Aberdeen schoolboy Preston Flores was horrifically burned in an incident understood to have involved a petrol can left in the back of a council van.
The seven-year-old suffered 80% burns to his body and later died in hospital in April 2014.
A police investigation into the incident found no criminality to be involved.
The Crown Office last year announced a fatal accident inquiry would not be held into the tragedy, as it was “satisfied” the circumstances had been established.
But now North East MSP Lewis McDonald has taken up the case on behalf of Preston’s parents, Luisza Flores, 35, and Keith Will, 34, who say they have been left with unanswered questions.
Mr Macdonald has now asked the procurator fiscal to reconsider the case.
Mr McDonald said: “Preston’s family first contacted me having tried and failed to get any satisfaction.
“I’ve asked the fiscal to reconsider the evidence.”
Mr Will said he hoped the case would now be re-opened.
He said: “We are glad the MSP is helping us and doing his best to get the fiscal’s service to go back over what happened.
“If that fails, I’ll press again for a fatal accident inquiry to be held.
“How can a child be burned like this on a city street and die as a result without a public inquiry into how and why it
happened?
“I’ll not stop until I get the answers my family needs and I will fight for them with my last breath.”
A Crown Office spokesman said: “Following an investigation by the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, Crown Counsel
gave careful consideration to all the factors involved in the case.
“Crown Counsel were satisfied the cause of the death had been clearly established and there was no basis for an FAI.”