{"id":700163,"date":"2026-01-16T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700163\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:33:12","slug":"pensioner-to-stand-trial-accused-of-murdering-wife-in-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700163\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioner to stand trial accused of murdering wife in home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A pensioner is to stand trial charged with the murder of his wife.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ian McGowan is accused of attacking Margaret McGowan, 71, at her home in Newfield Square in Nitshill, Glasgow last May 10.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege the 79-year-old shouted and swore at Margaret, lay on top of her and repeatedly threatened her.<\/p>\n<p>It is further said McGowan grabbed her, punched his wife on the head and body before she fell from a bed onto the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The murder charge claims the woman was then repeatedly stabbed on the body with a knife.<\/p>\n<p>McGowan faces ten other accusations involving Margaret dating back to 1977.<\/p>\n<p>The first involves a breach of the peace, with another an alleged assault at a Butlins resort at an unknown location in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other charges are claims of him punching his wife and accusing her of infidelity.<\/p>\n<p>McGowan also allegedly hit her with an ashtray.<\/p>\n<p>The last of these charges includes claims he threw a mobile phone and Kindle e-reader at Margaret, went after her and tried to get into a bedroom \u201cin which she was seeking refuge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The case called for a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>McGowan\u2019s KC Tony Lenehan offered to plead guilty on his behalf to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.<\/p>\n<p>This was rejected by prosecutor Brian Bell.<\/p>\n<p>It means McGowan will now stand trial accused of murder and the other allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Scott set a date and it is scheduled to begin in February 2027.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pensioner is to stand trial charged with the murder of his wife. Ian McGowan is accused of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-700163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115905509727149102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700163","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=700163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}