by Brendan Duggan July 9 2024, Snippets from lengthy article.
www.thecourier.co.uk
''More than five years have passed since the body of 22-year-old Annalise Johnstone was found near the Maggie Wall’s Witches Monument in Dunning, Perthshire.
The discovery on May 10, 2018, triggered a major police investigation, with Annalise’s brother and his then partner acquitted of murder at a trial a year later.
Nobody has been convicted of killing the young Traveller, who has family in Kirkcaldy.''
Annalise Johnstone.
L-R: Angela Newlands, Jordan Johnstone and Annalise Johnstone.
''CCTV from a private address shows the Ford Galaxy arriving at Maggie’s Wall monument.
At the trial it was agreed Annalise – whose mum died of a heroin overdose in 2006 – was killed during this time period.''
Annalise Johnstone was 22 when she was murdered.
''Mr Johnstone told the court he found his sister lying face down in front of the memorial cairn, taking off his T-shirt to try and stop the flow of blood before she died in his arms.
He later told a tabloid newspaper: “I was telling her I loved her and begging my mammy to look after her. My mum passed away. I was begging my mum ‘Please just look after her.’”
The memorial to Maggie Wall, said to have been a witch, near Dunning.
Annalise was killed at Maggie Wall’s Monument, near Perth
''Annalise’s body is discovered at the drystone wall near the witch monument – next to the B8062 – by retired Nairn couple Elaine and Stephen Bailey.
Her throat was cut from ear to ear and she bled to death within minutes.''
Annalise Johnstone: Timeline of Perthshire murder victim’s final hours
Nobody has been convicted of killing the young Traveller, who has family connections to Kirkcaldy.
www.thecourier.co.uk
The discovery on May 10, 2018, triggered a major police investigation, with Annalise’s brother and his then partner acquitted of murder at a trial a year later.
Nobody has been convicted of killing the young Traveller, who has family in Kirkcaldy.''
Annalise Johnstone.
L-R: Angela Newlands, Jordan Johnstone and Annalise Johnstone.
''CCTV from a private address shows the Ford Galaxy arriving at Maggie’s Wall monument.
At the trial it was agreed Annalise – whose mum died of a heroin overdose in 2006 – was killed during this time period.''
Annalise Johnstone was 22 when she was murdered.
''Mr Johnstone told the court he found his sister lying face down in front of the memorial cairn, taking off his T-shirt to try and stop the flow of blood before she died in his arms.
He later told a tabloid newspaper: “I was telling her I loved her and begging my mammy to look after her. My mum passed away. I was begging my mum ‘Please just look after her.’”
The memorial to Maggie Wall, said to have been a witch, near Dunning.
Annalise was killed at Maggie Wall’s Monument, near Perth
''Annalise’s body is discovered at the drystone wall near the witch monument – next to the B8062 – by retired Nairn couple Elaine and Stephen Bailey.
Her throat was cut from ear to ear and she bled to death within minutes.''
