A person has been discovered responsible of murdering Renee MacRae and her three-year-old son, greater than 45 years in the past
William MacDowell, 80, was discovered responsible by a jury on the Excessive Courtroom in Inverness at present and handed a life sentence, with a minimal of 30 years, over the horrific crimes.
He was additionally discovered responsible of making an attempt to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of their our bodies and private results.
The court docket had heard how Renee, who was separated from her husband, had been having an affair with married MacDowell on the time she and Andrew disappeared.
MacDowell, of Penrith, Cumbria, was on trial charged with assaulting Renee and her son Andrew on the Dalmagarry layby on the A9 trunk highway south of Inverness, or elsewhere, by means unknown, and in consequence murdering them on November 12, 1976.
He was additionally accused of disposing of their our bodies and disposing a boot hatch from his Volvo automobile to defeat the ends of justice.
MacDowell denied each of the murders and one cost of making an attempt to defeat the ends of justice.
He lodged two particular defences in court docket - one among alibi, claiming he was elsewhere on the time, together with within the Mercury Motor Inn with three colleagues earlier than going house.
The opposite, incrimination, alleged that if the murders did occur, they have been dedicated by Renee's estranged husband Gordon MacRae, appearing with others.
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