A convicted rapist who murdered his bride to be by repeatedly kicking, stamping and striking her head against a floor has been jailed for life.
Rory O’Connor, 54, subjected his partner Diane Nichol, 57, to a “savage” assault at her house in Trevelyan Terrace in Hawick, Borders, on August 9, 2021.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard how O’Connor had been heard shouting at Diane on the day before she died. A witness heard O’Connor tell her: “You’re useless, you don’t clean, you don’t make my lunch, you better make it tomorrow.”
