The sentence meted out to the murderer of Jill Barclay does not reflect the monstrousness of the crime: why are Scottish judges note-0apparently unwilling to hand down whole-life sentences with no chance of parole for the most unbelievably savage of crimes?
A man who stalked and raped a woman he had met at a pub before setting her on fire committed acts that were “medieval in their barbarity”, a judge has said.Rh