The parents of murder victim Claire Inglis revealed how at an impromptu meeting with John Swinney at Holyrood and he vowed to do everything to provide answers over their daughter’s death.
Twisted Christopher McGowan, who had 39 previous convictions, strangled and battered Claire six weeks after being freed to live at the Stirling flat she shared with her young son.
Claire’s dad Ian,60, from Stirling, said: “We met the First Minister in the hallway. He approached us and genuinely seemed to care. He promised us he will do everything in his limited power to help. Mum Fiona, 63, added: “We also want to make sure this doesn’t happen again and no other family have to suffer the torment and heartache we have.”
Expressing his sympathies to Claire’s parents, Swinney said he had taken steps to ask Stirling council to examine the circumstances further. Concerns had been raised over McGowan staying at Claire’s home two months before the attack and the address was visited three days before the murder by social workers, but they could not contact her.Former FM Humza Yousaf had promised to review their plea before quitting in May.
“Far too many crime victims are left in limbo, deprived of information and made to feel unwelcome by the Scottish justice system which has been relentlessly weakened over 17 miserable years of SNP rule.”
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