The demise of a killer who shot a person lifeless at bus cease over 30 years in the past is to be investigated by a Deadly Accident Inquiry after he died behind bars final 12 months. John Wilson gunned down Stephen Barnes in Glasgow in 1990 following a row at a pub in Shettleston and was jailed for all times in 1991.
He then absconded from jail as he ready to be launched from his life sentence in 2016 and was denied additional alternatives for parole. He died aged 55 in February 2021 whereas a prisoner at HMP Low Moss, close to Glasgow.
A preliminary listening to of an FAI into the circumstances that led to the 55-year-old's demise will probably be held at Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom on Tuesday, November 15, Glasgow Reside stories.
Stephen Barnes, 23, was gunned down at shut vary when the killer stood in entrance of him and fired. When police later searched Wilson's Mount Vernon dwelling they discovered numerous weapons, together with weapons and ammunition.
Wilson was handed a life sentence by the Excessive Courtroom in Glasgow in 1991 for Stephen's homicide, and the tried homicide of his buddy Andrew Ralston, who was with him on the bus cease.
Wilson was on an unescorted work placement in Dalmarnock as a part of his preparation for freedom in 2016 when he did not return to Greenock Jail. He was discovered by police within the Wee Mill in Rutherglen three days later and returned to jail.
The jail authorities have been slammed by Stephen's mom Jean in 1993 and 1994, after Wilson was allowed out of jail 4 occasions to see his sick grandmother.
Deadly accident inquiries are obligatory in Scotland when a prisoner died in custody. The date for the total listening to will probably be issued by the courts at a later date.
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