A heartbroken family sobbed with relief outside a Scots court after a man was convicted of killing a stranger he pushed into water from a pier.
Charmaine O'Donnell, 25, plunged to her death at Helensburgh Pier in Argyll and Bute after being shoved by Jacob Foster on April 23, 2021. The charity worker passed away due to severe neck injuries and drowning and Foster, 29, was today convicted of a culpable homicide following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The killer - who suffers from a learning disability - had been accused of murder but his lawyers lodged a special defence of diminished responsibility. Following the conviction an emotional statement was released by Charmaine's mum Jacqueline Gallacher, 50, and step-dad William King, 54, as they insisted "justice had been served".
