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Visit from Sir Sean is a licence to thrill amputee
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SCOTS film legend Sir Sean Connery has secretly visited an
Edinburgh lawyer who had to have both her hands and feet amputated
after she was struck down by a devastating form of meningitis.
Olivia Giles, 36, from Morningside, is said to have been thrilled
when the James Bond star spent an hour chatting with her at an
Edinburgh specialist unit where she is recovering.
The meeting was arranged by former Rangers chairman David Murray
who is one of Sir Sean's closet friends.
Mr Murray, a millionaire businessman who is also an amputee, was
returning the favour after Second World War air ace Sir ...
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