GUILTY UK - Steven Donaldson, 27, murdered, Loch of Kinnordy, Scotland, 6/7 June 2018

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Few thoughts.

- Tasmin sounds like a liar who has her parents wrapped around her finger possibly because she’s an only child.

- How does an 18/19 year old get into so much debt? Assuming that she had the insurance money from the car that Steven wanted back? Plus the £600 borrowed from her boss? Is there an underlying reason for these financial issues that would drive her to to think killing someone over £3000 was an option?

- I have still no idea who the baby belongs too and without a DNA test, I’m not sure anyone can say for certain. She could be lying about it being Steven’s after his murder to try and exonerate herself - “I wouldn’t kill my baby’s dad” type thing.

One thing is for certain - what an odious trio they are. My heart is breaking for Steven and his family. Not only have they had to deal with losing a son, they have they added turmoil of a possible grandchild/nephew.
 
LittleMystery said:
Few thoughts.

- Tasmin sounds like a liar who has her parents wrapped around her finger possibly because she’s an only child.

- How does an 18/19 year old get into so much debt? Assuming that she had the insurance money from the car that Steven wanted back? Plus the £600 borrowed from her boss? Is there an underlying reason for these financial issues that would drive her to to think killing someone over £3000 was an option?

- I have still no idea who the baby belongs too and without a DNA test, I’m not sure anyone can say for certain. She could be lying about it being Steven’s after his murder to try and exonerate herself - “I wouldn’t kill my baby’s dad” type thing.

One thing is for certain - what an odious trio they are. My heart is breaking for Steven and his family. Not only have they had to deal with losing a son, they have they added turmoil of a possible grandchild/nephew.
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Hmmmm asking Tasmin 'is it Steven's?' And Tasmin saying 'yes' then 'you going to tell Donaldson?' And Tasmin says 'no' ...

Makes me think the baby might just be Dickies and not Donsldsons ...

This case! Too many Stevens! Too many D names!

And I always want to say Tamsin instead of Tasmin!


Totally agree ... TaSmin sounds like a spoilt little princess who can do no wrong in Mummy's eyes!
 
Mr Howcroft, 18, told the trial he had spent a lot of time in the company of Davidson’s co-accused Tasmin Glass in the weeks leading up to last June, but that he had then distanced himself from her, as well as from Davidson and the third person on trial for Mr Donaldson’s murder, Steven Dickie.

He agreed with a suggestion by advocate depute Ashley Edwards that this was because he believed there was a friendship between Glass — who he was seeing at the time — and Dickie.

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The court also heard evidence from retired opera singer Anne Marie Scrimgeour of Blairgowrie, who said she had taught Glass singing since around the age of 12.

Mrs Scrimgeour said the last time she saw the accused was on the afternoon of Thursday June 7 last year.

Glass had called to say she would be late for her weekly lesson. When asked how her pupil was, the witness said: “She seemed fine.”

Mrs Scrimgeour added: “She did say when she first came in that there had been a body found at Kinnordy and it was very upsetting that something should happen so close to home, but apart from that she was as normal.”

Murder accused joked 'boy's car was fine to drive' on day Steven Donaldson's body was found - The Courier


Scottish Police Authority expert Louise Sonstebo said sand and gravel marks on the deceased’s lower body led her to conclude that Mr Donaldson had been hauled from the public road across the length of the Kinnordy Loch car park by two people, one holding his feet and the other his upper body.

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Dickie’s legal counsel, Ian Duguid QC, put it to the witness that the opinion that two people had carried Mr Donaldson was an “extraordinary suggestion” in light of the deceased’s height and weight of five foot six and around 13 stone.

Ms Sonstebo replied: “Once a body is immobile and not moving freely it is more difficult to transport.”

Under further questioning, the forensic expert also repeated her view that Mr Donaldson’s lower back and bottom had been in contact with the gravel, which was consistent with his feet and shoulders being lifted off the ground.

She said that if he had been pulled by the upper body only, two lines of contact in the gravel from the feet of the deceased would have been expected, and that was not evident in the drag mark.

Forensic expert believed two people dragged Steven Donaldson across car park before setting car on fire with him partly underneath - The Courier
 
I think this article has been updated. I feel for the jury.

LittleMystery said:
Angus man Steve Donaldson’s spinal cord was severed in two places by sharp force blows which caused his death and could have been inflicted by an axe or machete, a High Court jury has been told.

Steven Donaldson murder trial: Court hears horrific 'defence injuries' could have been caused by axe or machete blows - The Courier
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The trial was briefly halted when a male juror collapsed after the jury was shown photographs of the injuries, which had included numerous deep stab or incision wounds to Mr Donaldson’s head, neck, body and legs, a broken jaw and badly-burned lower limbs.
 
A forensic scientist said the odds of DNA taken from Callum Davidson’s garment being from someone other than Mr Donaldson were a billion to one, and could have landed on the t-shirt as drops of wet blood from a weapon being swung.

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Scottish Police Authority expert Sarah Milne also concluded from investigations carried out at Loch of Kinnordy nature reserve, near Kirriemuir, that blood trails found there were consistent with Mr Donaldson running through the car park, being attacked near its entrance and then dragged back to his car before being hit again prior to it being set on fire.

Blood on alleged killer's t-shirt was 'billion to one' match of deceased Steven Donaldson's DNA - The Courier
 
Think this has been updated.

The trial also previously heard Mr Donaldson’s blood DNA was found on the handle of a baseball bat and the grips of a mountain bike which also contained Davidson’s DNA.

The advocate suggested: “Mr Davidson could have got blood on his hands by working in the area in the car park where Mr Donaldson’s blood was, without going near Mr Donaldson?”

The witness agreed that was another possible explanation for the transfer.

“There are lots of imponderables, lots of unknowns?” he asked.

“Yes, there is,” said the witness.


Steven Donaldson murder trial: Forensic expert quizzed on blood spot DNA - The Courier
 
Steven Donaldson murder trial: Investigator describes 40 metre drag mark leading to where body was found - The Courier

“It was a uniform mark, like one item being dragged across a surface rather than trailing items,” said Mr Copeland.

“To leave that kind of mark it would be a solid rounded item, with no sharp edges protruding from it.

“There was nothing apparent at all of any trailing. If the body was being dragged with any other element trailing I would expect to see other marks.”

Taking into account the space covered by the burnt-out BMW, the witness said the length of the drag mark was some 40 metres.

He also told the court he and a fellow investigator had noticed a tyre mark, which they believed had been left after the drag mark was created.

It was one of four marks found at the site, with the others believed to belong to police vehicles which had been first on the scene.

The witness said the mark was a 1.8 metre acceleration mark in the gravel, 21 centimetres wide.

He said it could have been a wheelspin mark from a motorcycle.
 
Teenager Kieran Howcroft said he had been “a bit gobsmacked” by the murder accused’s remark in Kirriemuir town centre.

The High Court in Edinburgh was told Davidson went on to insist his comment had been intended as a joke as rumours swept the town in the wake of the Kinnordy Loch discovery.

Murder accused joked 'boy's car was fine to drive' on day Steven Donaldson's body was found - The Courier

Wow! Seems to be the done thing at the minute to murder someone then JOKE about it!


Gee whizz! The 2 male accused seem to think they're untouchable! Telling friends/relatives (I'm assuming they thought these people would lie for them???

I hope Glass gets just as long a sentence, if not longer for this!
 
A pool of blood and piece of tissue was found on the road at the entrance to the car park, as well as blood on the grass verge there.

And

The trial also heard from consultant neuropathologist Dr William Stewart, who said an examination of Mr Donaldson’s brain had revealed bleeding around it was consistent with a direct impact of reasonable force.

He added Mr Donaldson would have only survived for a “short” period of time after he sustained the brain injury – probably less than an hour.

Blood of Steven Donaldson 'found on shirt of alleged killer', Angus murder trial told - Evening Telegraph


Evening Telegraph seem to have details that The Courier doesn't AND they don't make you pay to read!
 
Steven Donaldsons poor family!
Having to imagine these fatal injuries being inflicted on their loved one ...

These 2 'men' should never be allowed out of jail ... and I'd say the same for Glass but I doubt that will happen as she's a pretty young girl and probably didn't actually inflict any injuries, instead ... getting her willing and eager lackies to do it for her!

Can Steven Donaldson REALLY be the father of her baby? Could she stand there and watch her unborn childs Daddy being brutally murdered?


Murder trial told spinal cord of Angus man Steven Donaldson was severed in two places - Evening Telegraph
 
Tasmin Glass and Callum Davidson were captured at 11pm in Glass’s Vauxhall Corsa, coming up to a junction close to Davidson’s home.

On the tenth day of the Edinburgh High Court trial, Detective Constable David Budd said arm movements in the car led him to the view that the pair were deciding which way to turn at the Elm Street junction with Kirrie’s Brechin Road.

Jurors were also shown a clip of two people walking in the area of Kirrie Den half an hour after midnight the following morning.

CCTV showed two accused of Steven Donaldson murder 'debating routes in car', trial hears - Evening Telegraph
 
They included numerous deep stab wounds to his body and legs, a broken jaw and a cut across his throat area.

Dr Helen Brownlow, of Dundee University, also told jurors that wounds which had cut both of Mr Donaldson’s hands through to the bone could have been inflicted as he tried to protect himself.

Stab wounds on his legs might also have resulted from him pulling them up towards his torso in defence.

Murder trial told spinal cord of Angus man Steven Donaldson was severed in two places - Evening Telegraph
 
Miss Ogston said Dickie told her Donaldson and Glass were “having an argument, it got quite heated and that’s when he went over and intervened.

“He said Steven Donaldson had tried to get away from him and that he had hit him with the bat,” adding that she was told it had broken into pieces. She said Dickie then went into the pocket of a jacket that was hanging at the door and pulled out one of her kitchen knives, which was bent, and put it on the counter.

Miss Ogston then overheard a telephone conversation between Dickie and Davidson saying that “Callum needed to look for the parts of the bat which had been broken”.

Murder accused 'confessed he had broken baseball bat by striking Steven Donaldson', trial hears - Evening Telegraph
 
mrazda71 said:
Evening Telegraph seem to have details that The Courier doesn't AND they don't make you pay to read!
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Just a heads up - The Courier’s paywall is weird. If you go in via Google news you don’t hit the paywall and can read the full article without paying or signing up but if you share the article it kicks in for some reason.

But yep, it’s the same identical story in the Evening Telegraph (same publisher). It just usually doesn’t appear in their news cycle until later.

Also I agree regarding TG. I’m concerned she’ll get a lesser sentence. Without her there would be no murder.
 
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