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image captionRoss Willox is accused of killing Emma Faulds at his home in Ayrshire
DNA matching the profile of murder accused Ross Willox was found in the car of the woman he is accused of killing.
Jurors at the High Court in Glasgow have previously been told how Emma Faulds owned a blue BMW 1 series.
Mr Willox, 41, denies murdering Ms Faulds, 39, at his home in Monkton, South Ayrshire on 28 April 2019.
Her naked body was discovered six weeks later in Glentrool Forest, Dumfriesshire.
AFTER a 36 year wait for justice, it took mere hours for a jury to deliver a verdict of guilty that will see Graham McGill face life in prison. It will give some closure to Mary McLaughlin s surviving children, who have searched nearly four decades to find out what happened to their mother. The evening of September 26, 1984, began as many others had for 58-year-old Mary - she went out to a local pub to drink, socialise and play dominoes. But by an awful twist of fate, the mum-of-11 would that night cross paths with the then-22-year-old McGill, out on five days release from HMP Edinburgh where he was being held for sex crimes.
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By Press Association 2021
Mary McLaughlin
A sexual predator has been convicted of murdering a “trusting and friendly” mother in her home more than 36 years ago after being snared by a “one-in-a-billion” DNA breakthrough.
Convicted rapist Graham McGill, 59, was an inmate at HMP Edinburgh on temporary release in 1984 when he strangled Mary McLaughlin, 58, in Partick, Glasgow.
The mother-of-11 had enjoyed a night out drinking and playing dominoes at different bars on Wednesday September 26 of that year and was last seen at around 10.45pm leaving to go to a chip shop on her way home.
Jurors convicted McGill on Friday at the High Court in Glasgow of murder after deliberating for just over two hours.