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On 28 May 2021, Scottish pensioner Esther Brown was raped and murdered in her flat in Woodlands, Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [2]Jason Graham (also known as Jason Evans [3]), a registered sex offender, who was unknown to her, was found guilty of her rape and murder on 12 November 2021, and sentenced to at least 19 years in jail.
In March 1999 the case was heard at the Glasgow High Court, although that had only led to a conviction of assault. Lord McCluskey, who was at the time Scotland's longest-serving judge, presided over the trial and was highly critical that only one person appeared in the dock. [4] The Chhokar Family Justice Campaign was launched on 22 March. [5]
Bryson's six-day trial was held in January 2023 at the High Court of Justiciary in Glasgow. [17] The case was prosecuted by Advocate depute John Keenan and defended by Edward Targowski, while Lord Scott sat as presiding judge. The prosecution described how Bryson had "preyed on two vulnerable female partners" after meeting them online.
The trial began at the High Court in Glasgow in November 2023. [24] [25] On 14 December 2023, Robert O'Brien, aged 45, Andrew Kelly, 44, and Donna Marie Brand, also aged 44, were convicted of Glachan's murder at the High Court in Glasgow. All three had been teenagers at the time the crime was committed.
The court heard there was 99% to 99.99% chance they matched at least three of the six soil samples. [8] During the trial the jurors, court staff, and the judge Lord Beckett, as well as Packer, were all driven to the alleged scene of the crime, at Limefield Woods some 41 miles (66 km) from Glasgow High Court. [30]
The main suspect, Francis Auld, was tried for murder in the High Court of Justiciary in Glasgow and was acquitted when the jury returned a majority verdict of "not proven". A bid by prosecutors to try Auld for a second time on the basis of new evidence was rejected by the courts in 2016. [1] Auld died of pancreatic cancer in July 2017, aged 45. [2]
In May 2005, Edith McAlinden, John McAlinden and Jamie Gray appeared at Glasgow High Court. All denied murdering Mitchell, Coyle, and Gillespie. During the trial, prosecutor Sean Murphy QC claimed [ 4 ] that the victims had been "beaten with knives, metal files, a belt, and pieces of wood" and "hit with a bottle, punched, stabbed and stamped on ...
On 12 October 2016, seven months after Doherty's murder, Leathem was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow, where judge Lady Rae set a minimum time of 27 years in jail before becoming eligible to apply for parole. [6] However, in February 2017, following an appeal by Leathem, the minimum term was reduced to 23 years. [2]