>A man has been found guilty of murdering his new girlfriend weeks after being bailed to her Stirling home.
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>Christopher McGowan, 28, battered and strangled Claire Inglis, before burning her with a lighter and pushing a wet wipe down her throat.
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>A jury took just over two hours to convict McGowan, who was on five bail orders at the time of the murder.
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>Judge Michael O’Grady described it as a “crime of utter wickedness”.
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>He said McGowan’s attack on Ms Inglis was “brutal and bestial” and he thanked her family for their dignity in court.
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>They had watched every day of the trial from the public gallery at the High Court in Stirling.
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>After the verdict, the court was told that McGowan had 40 previous convictions, including three for assault.
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>He has also served an 18-month jail term for assault and robbery.
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>Ms Inglis’ parents want to know why he was released from prison to live at their daughter’s home weeks before her death.
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>”He should never ever have been put in her flat with my grandson and Claire,” her father Ian told BBC Scotland News. “Not with the criminal record he had – it should never have been allowed.”
What a vile person. He’s got previous for assault but I wonder how many other women he’s got away with battering. I wish him all the broken bones and a few slash marks as he does his time.
Sad state to be sure. Unknown of the child was his but what a despicable start to life at the hand of his father if he is.
By his 3rd, 10th or 20th conviction the probability was pretty likely that he was likely to reoffend. I find it incredible you can rack up 40 convictions and not face compounded prison sentences each time you are back in court.
“but I can change him” was no doubt uttered when she was consulted about him using her home as a bail address.
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>A man has been found guilty of murdering his new girlfriend weeks after being bailed to her Stirling home.
>
>Christopher McGowan, 28, battered and strangled Claire Inglis, before burning her with a lighter and pushing a wet wipe down her throat.
>
>A jury took just over two hours to convict McGowan, who was on five bail orders at the time of the murder.
>
>Judge Michael O’Grady described it as a “crime of utter wickedness”.
>
>He said McGowan’s attack on Ms Inglis was “brutal and bestial” and he thanked her family for their dignity in court.
>
>They had watched every day of the trial from the public gallery at the High Court in Stirling.
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>After the verdict, the court was told that McGowan had 40 previous convictions, including three for assault.
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>He has also served an 18-month jail term for assault and robbery.
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>Ms Inglis’ parents want to know why he was released from prison to live at their daughter’s home weeks before her death.
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>”He should never ever have been put in her flat with my grandson and Claire,” her father Ian told BBC Scotland News. “Not with the criminal record he had – it should never have been allowed.”
What a vile person. He’s got previous for assault but I wonder how many other women he’s got away with battering. I wish him all the broken bones and a few slash marks as he does his time.
Sad state to be sure. Unknown of the child was his but what a despicable start to life at the hand of his father if he is.
By his 3rd, 10th or 20th conviction the probability was pretty likely that he was likely to reoffend. I find it incredible you can rack up 40 convictions and not face compounded prison sentences each time you are back in court.
“but I can change him” was no doubt uttered when she was consulted about him using her home as a bail address.