A judge yesterday told police and prosecutors they had not done enough to prove that Paul Ward, 21, killed 4ft 11in, six-stone Jean by beating her up to 15 times with a metal dog lead. He described the Crown case as weak...
Ward denied having anything to do with the murder. He has a psychotic illness and was found unfit to stand trial. Judge Lord Matthews acquitted him after an “examination of facts” at the High Court in Glasgow. Ward is now likely to be treated at a secure psychiatric unit...
After the verdict, Jean’s relative questioned how police handled the case. She said she still believed “the most likely explanation” was that Ward was the killer. But she added: "There didn’t seem to be a proper case from the start... They have thrown everything they have into the case. But where was the DNA proof and all the other physical evidence?"
