HE MURDERED his mum but the family still had to ask his permission to collect their own belongings from her house. It s been just over six years since Carol Taggart was killed brutally by her son, Ross, but the nightmare endures for her family due to a legal loophole. Despite being found guilty of murder and handed a sentence of life imprisonment, he is still in control of her estate from his prison cell. On the Channel 5 programme that aired last week, Countdown to Murder , former Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll said: There can t be any closure for this family when the person who s murdered your mum, you re asking permission to go and collect property that you own in her home.
A woman whose brother murdered their mother when she tried to break free after he isolated her from her other children and gained control of her finances has revealed how her mum was totally under his spell.
Lorraine Bristow, 32, from Dunfermline in Scotland, told Channel 5 s Countdown to Murder, airing tomorrow at 9pm, how her brother Ross Raggart violently assaulted her in front of their mother who was so in his control that she did nothing to stop him.
A few years later in 2015, Ross beat, dragged and strangled Carol, 54, before hiding her body at a caravan park, and pretending for weeks that she had gone missing - actively participating in the search for her, while spending her money and pawning her belongings.
Scots womanâs abuse nightmare at hands of brother who killed mum days before Christmas
Lorraine Bristow, 32, said sibling Ross Taggart physically attacked years before he killed nursery boss Carol in a frenzied rage.
04:30, 31 JAN 2021
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Lorraine Bristow was brutally beaten by her brother
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