UK - Brian Low, 65, shot while walking dog, Aberfeldy, 17th February 2024 *arrest*

[ScalableHeights]

Did the paramedics not wonder what had happened to him with the blood?

You’d think? They may have, but I guess the police have the final say and they seemed to think he’d cut himself falling, despite the fact he had 30 shotgun pellets in his face. Crazy

 

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Accused denies murdering man in Aberfeldy 'out of sheer malice'

“Farrell again referred to soil analysis said to connect the e-bike of Campbell's wife Betty to the area where the death occurred.

“The advocate depute suggested this was "a problem" for Campbell.

“Betty Campbell claimed in her evidence that she had been in that area on her e-bike a number of times in late 2023-early 2024.”

Again, this seems very weak evidence. The crime scene wasn’t closed for 6 days, anyone could have ridden a bike there in that time. If Campbell was guilty (and I’m not saying he is or isn’t) he could have easily said that he went for a ride on the bike a few days later. And after 6 days any tire tracks they find are meaningless.

The case against Campbell seems to be that they had a grudge against each other and he turned his CCTV off that day. Maybe the CCTV footage they have of the cyclist is clearly Campbell, I don’t know. But none of evidence the BBC have reported sounds remotely compelling. Not beyond reasonable doubt, at any rate.

 

[ZeroAlpha]

You’d think? They may have, but I guess the police have the final say and they seemed to think he’d cut himself falling, despite the fact he had 30 shotgun pellets in his face. Crazy

Yep, even so paramedics and hospital staff, doctors etc ignored or missed the fatal injuries.

 

[Baysean]

Yep, even so paramedics and hospital staff, doctors etc ignored or missed the fatal injuries.

Apologies for the intrusion into this thread but I have a little bit of experience of how sudden unexpected deaths in Scotland are dealt with. After the paramedics attended and the PF was satisfied it was a natural sudden death, the body would have been placed into a bodybag and conveyed directly to the police mortuary (probably Dundee) by the on-call undertaker. It would have been booked in and the first detailed examination - which could have been hours or days later - would have been by the pathologist who gave evidence at the trial. It wouldn't have gone to a hospital and no doctors or other medical staff would have seen it.

The big issue here is around how the paramedics, police and PF all decided at the scene that the death was a natural one!

 

[ZeroAlpha]

Apologies for the intrusion into this thread but I have a little bit of experience of how sudden unexpected deaths in Scotland are dealt with. After the paramedics attended and the PF was satisfied it was a natural sudden death, the body would have been placed into a bodybag and conveyed directly to the police mortuary (probably Dundee) by the on-call undertaker. It would have been booked in and the first detailed examination - which could have been hours or days later - would have been by the pathologist who gave evidence at the trial. It wouldn't have gone to a hospital and no doctors or other medical staff would have seen it.

The big issue here is around how the paramedics, police and PF all decided at the scene that the death was a natural one!

Thanks for the insight.

So yep, how did the police and paramedics miss the fatal injuries is the question.

 

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'Jekyll and Hyde' killer guilty of shooting ex-colleague on remote country path

Well the jury found him guilty in a non-unanimous verdict. A good example (if anyone needs it) that despite what they tell you in TV dramas you can be convinced on circumstantial evidence alone. A minimum term of 19 years means he’ll almost certainly die in prison. I won’t second guess the jury but the only halfway compelling evidence I saw was the fact his own phone was inactive during time of the murder… but in my experience a lot of people of that age use their phones a lot less, so it depends if that inactivity is inconsistent with his usual usage.

Anyway, the I expect he is guilty, but the police made such a mess of this and the evidence made public seems so flimsy (the person on the bike could be almost anyone) it will be interesting if the conviction is still considered to be safe in a few years time.

 

[Bluebear15]

I think the jury got the correct verdict. I thought it compelling that his doorbell cameras were taped over on the day of the shooting...so that his comings and goings weren't recorded. His excuse for this was nonsense imo.