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Appellant (Lauchlan): Jackson QC, Considine, Solicitor Advocate; Capital Defence (for Fitzpatrick & Co, Glasgow)
Appellant (O’Neill): J Carroll, Solicitor Advocate; McClure Collins, Glasgow
[2] On 10 June 2010, at the conclusion of a separate trial for murder (charge 2) and attempting to defeat the ends of justice (charge 3), each appellant was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the sexual offences, concurrent with life sentences imposed in respect of the murder (see sentence, infra ).
[13] (Ground 3) No jury properly directed could have convicted in these circumstances. This followed from the previous 2 grounds.
O’Neill [16] The submission of Mr Lauchlan in relation to the mutual corroboration of charge 7 by the evidence on charge 8 was adopted and expanded to encompass charge 5. In addition, evidence of a charge in Scotland could not be corroborated by evidence of similar acts in England or elsewhere in the United Kingdom, since such acts were not triable in Scotland.
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