Detectives investigating the tragic doorstep homicide of a Scots banker are interesting for details about two males seen with a handgun on a Scots seashore a month earlier than his demise.
Alistair Wilson was gunned down by a person at his house on Nairn's Crescent Street round 7pm on November 28, 2004.
Earlier this month, Police Scotland issued an attraction for info on the homicide simply over 17 years because the incident.
A witness then reported seeing two males, one aged of their 20s and the opposite between 40 and 60 years previous, on East Seashore within the city a month previous to Alistair's homicide in November 2004.
The witness mentioned the youthful man was in possession of a handgun.
Cops at the moment are looking for the general public’s assist in figuring out the 2 males.
Detective Superintendent Graeme Mackie, of Police Scotland’s Main Investigation Workforce, mentioned: “We're following up this new info and I might ask anybody with info, or who might be able to determine the boys, to please come ahead and converse with us.
“This potential sighting was handed to officers following current publicity across the case and I'm grateful for the constructive response we now have acquired from the local people.
“As I've mentioned lately, time isn't any barrier to justice. Greater than 17 years have handed since Alistair’s homicide, however Police Scotland is dedicated to bringing his killer to justice and offering the household with the solutions they deserve.
“Somebody on the market is aware of what occurred to Alistair and developments within the investigation over the previous few weeks are an important reminder that it's by no means too late to come back ahead with info, regardless of how small or insignificant you could suppose it's.”
Following a current evaluation of witness accounts, additional evaluation of timings from the evening in query and investigative developments, officers have additionally altered the outline of the person they need to hint in reference to Alistair’s homicide.
Detectives consider the person who shot Alistair on his doorstep to have been aged between 20 and 40 years previous on the time.
This might imply he's now aged in his mid-30s to nearly 60 years previous.
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He was roughly 5ft 7in tall and was carrying a baseball cap and jacket.
Earlier appeals described the gunman as being between 30 and 40 years previous.
Father-of-two Alistair was shot after a person known as on the household’s house on Crescent Street.
Alistair's spouse, Veronica, answered the door and spoke to the person, who requested for her husband by title.
Mr Wilson went downstairs to talk to the person and was handed a blue envelope with the phrase “Paul” on it.
He went inside briefly after which returned to the door for a second time when he was blasted thrice.
Officers from Police Scotland's Main Investigation Workforce have lately travelled to Canada to hold out important witness interviews alongside colleagues in Nova Scotia in a bid to finish the 17 12 months hunt for Alistair's killer.
Anybody who believes they'll help police is requested to contact 101 quoting incident 515 of 4 March 2022 and Operation Sorn or e-mail a devoted inbox at SCDHOLMESAberdeen@scotland.pnn.police.uk
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