Scotland‘s top law officer has ordered a complete re-investigation of the murder of banker Alistair Wilson almost 20 years ago. The father-of-two was fatally wounded at his home in Nairn, in the Highlands, in what became known as the “doorstep murder”.
His killer has never been caught. New teams of prosecutors from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and officers from Police Scotland will work on a full cold case investigation.Mr Wilson, 30, was shot on 28 November 2004 and died in hospital from the injuries.
He and his wife Veronica had been bathing their two young sons and getting ready to read them a bedtime story when the killer came to the door. A stocky man aged 20 to 40 years old and wearing a baseball cap spoke to Mrs Wilson, asking for her husband by name.
When he came downstairs, the man handed him a blue envelope with the word “Paul” on it. Mr Wilson went inside briefly and when he returned the man opened fire with a handgun. The gun involved was found on 8 December 2004 in a drain on Seabank Road, Nairn, by council workers carrying out gully cleaning.
Source: BBC
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