A mum has spoken of her heartbreak after a 43-year-old man was convicted of murdering her daughter.<\/p>\n
Owen Grant, 43, was found guilty of murdering Lucretia Donaghy, known as Kiesha, following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
Kiesha Donaghy.<\/p>\n
He has been sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in prison before being considered for parole.<\/p>\n
Keisha\u2019s mum, Amanda Gow, says she is still coming to terms with the loss of her first born.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cLife without Kiesha will never be the same. She was my only daughter and my first born. Her two daughters will have to live their lives without their mum.<\/p>\n
“I still cannot get my head around the fact that she is gone and that her life was taken in such a brutal way.<\/p>\n
“I would like everyone, including the press, to respect my family\u2019s privacy at this time.<\/p>\n
A police-issued picture of Owen Grant.<\/p>\n
“I would also like to thank Police Scotland and all those who provided support to us.”<\/p>\n
Detective Superintendent Lorna Ferguson said: \u201cMy thoughts remain with Kiesha\u2019s family and friends as they continue to try to come to terms with what happened. I hope the verdict will bring them some form of justice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a complex enquiry and I would like to thank the local community for their patience and assistance throughout our investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrant now faces the consequences of his actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cViolence such as this is never acceptable in our communities and we will work tirelessly to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mum has spoken of her heartbreak after a 43-year-old man was convicted of murdering her daughter. Owen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,188,1102,5899,4884,1501,712,16,15,5900],"class_list":{"0":"post-143376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-free","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-update-me"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114595312684921788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}