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Tim Bugler

Man to face trial after claiming to be Dunblane mass killer Thomas Hamilton

A man is to face trial by jury later this month accused of claiming to be the late Dunblane Primary School mass killer Thomas Hamilton.

James Lynn-Wilson, 49, is accused of making calls to Police Scotland in which he allegedly uttered threats of violence, said he was going to attend at an address in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, and stated that he was Hamilton.

He is accused of repeatedly shouting and swearing during the calls, in December 2020, and refusing to desist when asked to by officers at Police Scotland's call centre.

Hamilton, from Stirling, killed 16 primary one children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School on March 13th 1996, before also killing himself.

The massacre remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history.

At a pre-trial hearing Falkirk Sheriff Court, Lynn-Wilson, of Denny, also Stirlingshire, who appeared by video link, pleaded not guilty to two charges of statutory breach of the peace and a third alleging breach of bail.

Prosecutor Cheryl Clark said: "Mr Lynn-Wilson is self-represented."

Sheriff Christopher Shead continued the case for trial in a sitting starting on March 21st.

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