GUILTY UK - Amber ‘Niven’ Gibson, 16, murdered, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Nov 2021 *bro arrest

[RusselSprout]

A 20-year-old man has gone on trial accused of strangling his teenage sister to death in Hamilton.
Connor Gibson has been accused of sexually assaulting and murdering 16-year-old Amber Niven in November 2021. A second man is also accused of trying to defeat the ends of justice.
The body of the teenager was found in the town's Cadzow Glen, days after she was last seen.
The trial at the high court in Glasgow got under way on Thursday.
Gibson - who also uses the name Niven - faces claims he got rid of clothes he had been wearing and called the children's home Amber was staying at to pretend she was still alive.

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He is accused of removing Amber's clothes and sexually assaulting her. It is claimed Gibson repeatedly inflicted blunt force trauma to her head and body as well as compressing her neck with his hands and did so with intent to rape her.
Gibson is alleged to have told police he last saw his sister after she walked off from an argument near a community centre in Hamilton on the day she died.
He is also charged with disposing of evidence after it is claimed he binned his own bloodstained clothing in an attempt to defeat the ends of justice.
The accused was on bail at the time of the murder.

Man goes on trial accused of strangling sister to death

Connor Gibson is accused of sexually assaulting and murdering his sister Amber Niven in Hamilton.

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[JerseyGirl]

Amber Gibson: Connor Gibson on trial accused of sexually assaulting and murdering sister

Prosecutors accuse Connor Gibson - who is also known by the surname Niven - of compressing Amber's neck with his hands and strangling her with the intent to rape her.

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Foster father gives evidence at the Amber Gibson murder trial | Glasgow Times

A man and the teenage sister he is accused of killing were not a ‘good mix’, jurors heard.

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[BabaVanga]

Poor Amber

 

[Luwin]

A 20-year-old man has gone on trial accused of strangling his teenage sister to death in Hamilton.
Connor Gibson has been accused of sexually assaulting and murdering 16-year-old Amber Niven in November 2021. A second man is also accused of trying to defeat the ends of justice.
The body of the teenager was found in the town's Cadzow Glen, days after she was last seen.
The trial at the high court in Glasgow got under way on Thursday.
Gibson - who also uses the name Niven -

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Another man- Stephen Corrigan, 44 is also on trial in relation to circumstances surrounding the discovery of her remains.
It is claimed Mr Corrigan found Amber's body, but rather than alert police, he inappropriately touched her and then hid her remains under bushes and branches.
He is accused of a breach of the peace and trying to defeat the ends of justice. Mr Corrigan has lodged a special defence of alibi saying he was elsewhere at the time."

Was he just passing by? What despicable behaviour!!

 

[AcbMurders]

Murder accused was 'evasive' to police, trial told

Connor Gibson said he got into a disagreement with his sister, Amber Niven, and left her crying.

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[StillDiggin]

Glasgow murder trial told girl's body found unclothed and covered in branches

A jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard from the police officer who found the 16-year-old's remains at Cadzow Glen in Hamilton after she was reported missing.

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[Luwin]

What is a 'burn' that they refer to in the article?

was discovered by a police officer near a burn at a park in Hamilton, her naked body covered from branches allegedly cut from a heavy tree. Jurors were told a bag containing her clothing was also spotted nearby on a bush.

 

[bobbymkii]

What is a 'burn' that they refer to in the article?

was discovered by a police officer near a burn at a park in Hamilton, her naked body covered from branches allegedly cut from a heavy tree. Jurors were told a bag containing her clothing was also spotted nearby on a bush.

it's what scottish people call a small river or creek

 

[Luwin]

it's what scottish people call a small river or creek

Thank you

 

[JMLx]

Double rapist who targeted alleged murder victim Amber Gibson is behind bars

Before her death, Amber Gibson gave a statement to officers that was crucial in bringing rapist Jamie Starrs, 20, to justice.

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[Luwin]

Poor Amber went through a lot in her short life

 

[StillDiggin]

Jury shown CCTV of Amber Gibson's final moments as murder trial continues

Stained clothes were found in the bin outside the place where the accused was living.

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[JerseyGirl]

Amber Gibson trial hears 'stained clothes found near where accused was living'

Connor Gibson is charged with the sexual assault and murder of 16-year-old Amber Gibson at Cadzow Glen, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, in November 2021.

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[JerseyGirl]

Amber Gibson murder trial told bra footprint was forensic match

Accused Connor Gibson, 20, had his Adidas trainers seized from his home and analysed by scientists.

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[Luwin]

Amber Gibson murder trial told bra footprint was forensic match

Accused Connor Gibson, 20, had his Adidas trainers seized from his home and analysed by scientists.

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From the article

The trial also heard that Mr Gibson's co-accused Stephen Corrigan - who is alleged to have found Amber's body - told police he had never met her.
He said that he was "shocked" to hear his DNA was found in more then 26 places - including intimate areas of Amber's body.
Mr Corrigan, 44, suggested his DNA was in the area as he may have done the toilet in the bushes on a previous visit.

what an excuse!!

 

[Mapgirl]

What is a 'burn' that they refer to in the article?

was discovered by a police officer near a burn at a park in Hamilton, her naked body covered from branches allegedly cut from a heavy tree. Jurors were told a bag containing her clothing was also spotted nearby on a bush.

A "burn" in Scotland is a watercourse - small river or large stream

 

[JerseyGirl]

Amber Gibson murder trial: Blood on brother Connor Gibson's clothes 'could indicate assault'

Connor Gibson, 20, is accused of assaulting and sexually assaulting his 16-year-old sister, removing her clothes and repeatedly inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and body.

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[Luwin]

Amber Gibson murder trial hears of brother's knuckle injuries

Connor Gibson, 20, is accused of killing his 16-year-old sister Amber in Hamilton in November 2021.

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A man accused of murdering his sister had abrasions on his knuckles that could have happened on the night she died, a court has heard.
Connor Gibson, 20, denies strangling and sexually assaulting 16-year-old Amber Gibson in Cadzow Glen, Hamilton.
The High Court in Glasgow was shown photographs of abrasions on his knees and a scratch to his left leg.

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Meanwhile, the court also heard that a phone message was sent from someone called Connor to a group chat on 27 November.
The phone had been found at the supported living unit where Connor Gibson was living.
The message read: "I'm really gonna need you guys' help with something when yous come back. I'm being serious."
Seconds after that message, another was sent from the phone to Amber Gibson. This message read "are you ok?".
Peter Benson, of Police Scotland's cyber crime unit, said this was never read.
Mr Benson said that from his examination of the phone, no effort was made to contact Amber's phone after this message.
He said an internet search was also made from the phone on 27 November.
The search term was: "How to get nosey police officers to stop monitoring your phone".

 

[Luwin]

Amber Gibson murder trial witness says accused son was at home

Stephen Corrigan, 45, is alleged to have found 16-year-old Amber Gibson's body in Hamilton.

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A man accused of inappropriately touching a murdered teenager's body instead of alerting police was with his father at the time, a trial has heard.
Stephen Corrigan, 45, is alleged to have found 16-year-old Amber Gibson's body at Cadzow Glen in Hamilton.
But his father William, 79, told a jury he was with him at his home in Blantyre between 26 and 28 November 2021.

The High Court in Glasgow heard from William Corrigan, who said he had driven his son to a Covid booster jag appointment on the Friday and taken him back to his home.
He said his son stayed at his house in the evening after feeling unwell from the vaccine earlier that day.
The witness also said his son was at his home and "in bed in agony" on the Saturday evening.
William Corrigan said his son "probably" went upstairs to play video games but, when questioned, said he could not say definitely whether this occurred.
Richard Goddard KC asked the witness if he was lying to protect his son.

 

[Luwin]

Amber Gibson was murdered by brother she trusted, court told

A jury hears closing speeches at the Amber Gibson murder trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

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Mr Goddard named 21 different circumstances which linked Mr Gibson to the murder and sexual assault.

Mr Goddard also turned his attention to co-accused, Stephen Corrigan, who allegedly had his DNA on 39 areas of Amber's body.
"Virtually no part of her body went untouched by Corrigan," he said.