Finlay MacDonald, 41, was last week jailed for at least 28 years for murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill three other people in August 2022.
A man who went on a deadly shooting spree in the Scottish Highlands intends to appeal his conviction and sentence. Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing MacDonald repeatedly stabbed his wife, Rowena MacDonald, 34, during an attack at their home on the Isle of Skye and left her lying drenched in her own blood on the driveway in front of their young children.
Jurors were told of how an alleged assault at the hands of Mr MacKinnon in 2013 was the beginning of MacDonald's 'problems'. Mrs MacKinnon explained the 'altercation' between her husband and brother occurred after MacDonald threw a birthday gift back at her 'in a rage' while she was heavily pregnant, which was reportedly witnessed by her children. MacDonald was said to have felt humiliated and left with low self-esteem following the incident.
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