Call For 'damning' Report Into Mother's Murder To Be Fully Released - Beritaja

Scotland's apical rule serviceman is being urged to afloat merchandise a "damning" study into the execution of a young mother who was tortured and killed by her boyfriend.

Christopher McGowan hit and strangled Claire Inglis, 28, astatine her level successful Stirling successful November 2021.

The mother-of-one suffered 76 injuries successful the fatal attack, which included being burned pinch a lighter and having a bedewed swipe pushed down her throat.

McGowan received a life condemnation pinch a minimum of 23 years down bars successful October 2023.

Following the murder, which was described by judge Michael O'Grady arsenic "beyond sadistic", it was revealed that McGowan was a serial offender who had been bailed 3 times to Claire's location successful the months starring up to her death.

An independent master study into the handling of the lawsuit noted that contempt anterior concerns, "no further action was taken by societal services" - pinch the master concluding that this amounted to a "major safeguarding lapse".

The study recovered nary 1 said to Claire about McGowan's inheritance aliases offered her support, adding that the "system arsenic a whole" grounded her.

It said Claire and her boy were "effectively invisible" to authorities.

Fiona and Ian Inglis, Claire's parents, person only seen a summary of the archive and are calling connected the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) to merchandise the study successful full.

Ms Inglis said: "The Crown Office has not moreover fixed america the afloat report, but only a little summary which does not reply captious questions about whether Claire's execution mightiness person been prevented.

"We judge that it could person been and that she should still beryllium pinch america today.

"That is why we backmost the argumentation to guarantee that each applicable accusation is shared betwixt the police, societal services and courts erstwhile making bail decisions.

"Doing truthful could forestall different family from suffering specified a tragedy."

The mates watched from the nationalist assemblage astatine Holyrood connected Thursday arsenic Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay highlighted their plight during First Minister's Questions.

In response, John Swinney agreed to speak to Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain.

He said: "I will inquire the Lord Advocate if location could beryllium further speech pinch Mr and Mrs Inglis connected the contents of the study to guarantee that the issues about which they stay concerned could beryllium decently and afloat aired."

The first minister, who has met the Inglis family previously, acknowledged location "may good beryllium issues about information handling" that origin "constraints connected the merchandise of the afloat report".

He added: "If the study could beryllium released, I americium very happy for that to beryllium the case."

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Mr Findlay branded the study "damning" arsenic he backed the merchandise of it successful full.

The MSP for West Scotland supports the family's telephone for a fatal mishap enquiry (FAI).

He is besides calling for a reappraisal of a "bail blindspot" successful the rule which he claims is "putting women and children successful danger" arsenic location is "no responsibility to cheque the addresses wherever convulsive offenders are to beryllium released connected bail".

Mr Swinney noted it is for the Lord Advocate to independently determine whether an FAI should beryllium held.

And connected the rumor of bail, he highlighted caller authorities passed astatine the Scottish parliament which "would supply the type of protection that Mr Finlay is looking for, and it is already successful statute".

But the first curate added: "I admit that is of perfectly nary comfortableness to Mr and Mrs Inglis successful the nonaccomplishment that they person suffered."

After FMQs, Mr Findlay said: "Claire Inglis was a loving and happy young mum who was tortured and murdered by a man she had conscionable begun a narration with.

"The serial criminal who killed her had 40 criminal convictions and was a known threat to women and children, yet he was many times bailed to the location Claire shared pinch her young son.

"Claire's parents Fiona and Ian person spent 4 years fighting and so pleading for information.

"The measurement successful which the Inglis family are being treated is disrespectful and cruel. The caller master study commissioned by the Crown Office is damning.

"Fiona and Ian person not been told the reply to captious questions because the Crown person only fixed them a little summary.

"John Swinney should backmost the afloat merchandise of this study and support the constitution of an FAI, truthful the Inglis family could yet get the answers they deserve."

COPFS has been contacted for comment.