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The Independent UK
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Dan Barker

Accused the only man with motive to kill pair, court told

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A pensioner accused of murdering his lover and young son was the only man with the motive to kill the pair, a court has heard.

Alex Prentice KC, prosecuting, told a jury at the High Court in Inverness that William MacDowell murdered Renee MacRae, 36, and their three-year-old son Andrew MacRae at the Dalmagarry layby on November 12 1976, and then covered up the killing.

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