Convicted domestic abuser Christopher McGowan claimed his girlfriend had fallen down the stairs when she suffered 76 injuries at his hands.
A man who murdered his girlfriend in a brutal attack described by a judge as “beyond sadistic” has been jailed for 23 years.
On Wednesday, scar faced McGowan appeared before judge Michael O’Grady KC at the High Court in Edinburgh for sentencing.The court heard how McGowan now accepted full responsibility for murdering Claire. The court also heard that he wept when speaking about what he had done to her. “Let me deal with that. It is clear that you accept no responsibility. Indeed in interview you have gone to great lengths to minimise and deny your responsibility for Claire`s death.
“It is that dishonesty which is the true measure of your remorse. As for the tears you shed at interview, I have no doubt they were shed for none but yourself. “But there are others who remain who have also been robbed of the future they could have reasonably have expected. During earlier proceedings, Claire, described as a "beautiful, amazing young mum" had announced on Facebook in Autumn 2021 that she was "in a relationship" with McGowan, a painter and decorator with previous convictions for violence.
Jurors heard McGowan breached that curfew the night before her death, and was still out, intoxicated, in the company of Claire, in Stirling city centre at 9pm when he should have been indoors. The jury heard that on the day Claire died, neighbours were woken at 5am by McGowan banging on their doors.Two neighbours attempted CPR before paramedics arrived to find Claire lying "black and blue" on her bedroom floor, not breathing, with no heartbeat, and what appeared to be a baby wipe so deep in her throat they could not get an airway tube into her without removing it.
Her father Ian said: "He should never ever have been put in her flat with my grandson and Claire - not with the criminal record he had.” He added: “As you know, the jury having convicted you of the crime of murder, by law there is only one sentence I can impose and that is one of life imprisonment.
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