Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, both 17, were brutally killed after a night-out at Edinburgh’s World’s End pub on October 15 1977. November 2014 Convicted serial killer and paedophile jailed for a minimum of 37 years Convicted killer and paedophile Angus Sinclair has been jailed for a minimum of 37 years for the rape and murder of two teenage girls in Scotland in 1977. The jail term was the longest handed out by a Scottish court, and meant Sinclair would have been 106 by the time he was eligible for parole. In 2014 Sinclair’s case made legal history when he was jailed for a minimum of 37 years for the murder of two teenage girls four decades before. The sentencing judge described Sinclair as a dangerous predator capable of sinking to the depths of depravity, and said the words “evil” and “monster” were inadequate for him. But following a change to Scotland’s double jeopardy law, Sinclair was prosecuted a second time and found guilty of the murders in 2014. However, the case collapsed due to insufficient evidence. He first stood trial in 2007, accused of killing Christine Eadie and Helen Scott.

Scientific advances put Sinclair in the frame for the World’s End murders. Following that case, police began to examine the link between Sinclair and several other unsolved cases. He was given another life sentence after being found guilty of her murder.

Almost 20 years later, when he was being prepared for parole, a cold case review revealed that Sinclair’s DNA had been found on Mary Gallacher – who was murdered in Glasgow in 1978. Mary Gallacher, 17 The women Sinclair is suspected to have killed Frances Barker, 37Īnna Kenny, 20 In 1982, Sinclair was jailed for life after he admitted 11 charges of rape and indecent assault. The women Sinclair was convicted of killing Catherine Reehill, seven Despite the biggest manhunt in Scottish police history, the identity of their killer remained a mystery for decades. They were found dead six miles apart in the East Lothian countryside the next day. Teenagers Helen Scott and Christine Eadie went missing after last being seen at the World’s End pub on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile in October 1977. Four of the victims – Frances Barker, Hilda McAuley, Agnes Cooney and Anna Kenny – were killed in Glasgow. In 1977, six women disappeared after nights out, and were found dumped on deserted farmland or waste ground. However, he was released in his early 20s after serving just six years. He raped and strangled seven-year old neighbour Catherine Reehill before disposing of her body.

Sinclair, who grew up in Glasgow, was 16 when he carried out his first killing in 1961. But detectives suspect he could have been behind several unsolved murders from the 1970s.

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