A 'schizophrenic's' brutal and unprompted fatal attack on an elderly dog walker could not have been predicted despite the killer failing to attend mental health appointments, a judge has ruled.
Frank Kinnis, 83, suffered fatal blunt force trauma injuries after David Johnstone punched, kicked and stamped on his head in Birkenhill Woods, Elgin on October 21 2019. He died in hospital later the same day.
Johnstone, 38, was originally tried for murdering the retired dairyman but was instead locked up at Carstairs State Hospital indefinitely after a judge ruled he could not be held criminally responsible.
