GUILTY UK - Stuart Walker, 28, found murdered, Cumnock, Scotland, 22 Oct 2011

[Fluttershy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15426893
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16094870
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/24/murder-inquiry-roadside-death-ayrshire-man

Stuart Walker, 28, was beaten, tied to a lampost and set alight.

Stuart Walker from Cumnock, was found dead with "horrible injuries" near Caponacre Industrial Estate, Cumnock, just before 05:00 on Saturday.

It is thought the 28-year-old had been beaten and burned.

Who was with Stuart in the 2 hours before he was found dead?

"The facts that we have confirmed at this time is that Stuart had been out with friends in the Cumnock area from Friday night into early Saturday morning and was last seen alive by a family friend near to the fire station in Glaisnock Street around 02:30 hours on Saturday morning," he said.

 

[wfgodot]

Here's Daily Mail's take on the horror:

Savagely beaten, tied to a lamppost and burned alive: Horrific fate of hotel manager who was murdered 'for being gay'

 

[badhorsie]

Another link. This disgusts me. I hope who did this gets caught and punished to the full extent of the law. This is a Hate Crime, nothing more, nothing less (

 

[wfgodot]

Sounds as if Scotland has had its own Matthew Shepard crucifixion. Brutal.

 

[badhorsie]

Just read about Matthew Shepard, I see WBC were up to their usual pathetic tricks. Can they not be prosecuted for hate crimes?
Sorry OT

 

[Fluttershy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/26/stuart-walker-death-cumnock-shock

New link with community's reaction to Stuart's death.

 

[equationgirl]

Please note that an arrest has been made in connection with this case.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15490609

Please also note that initial reports of Stuart being found tied to a lamppost are incorrect. His body was found lying next to a road.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15426893

 

[equationgirl]

Latest update - teenager has appeared in court in connection with Stuart's death:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15528120

 

[Filly]

For the love of all things decent in this world. Poor Stuart Walker. Some people fail to believe that indeed even in this day and age you are targeted because of your sexual orientation.


RIP dear young man.


Meanwhile looks like Ryan Squierdo has a lovely family.


http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...urder-of-barman-stuart-walker-86908-23523028/

 

[OkieGranny]

From December 2012:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20626306

A teenager who admitted killing a gay barman who had tried to comfort him over his confused sexuality has been jailed for 12 years.

Ryan Esquierdo, 19, choked 28-year-old Stuart Walker to death at an industrial estate in Cumnock on 22 October last year before setting his body alight.

He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide, after prosecutors accepted his claim of diminished responsibility.