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boot and the next day transported her to a "lonely grave" somewhere in Argyll. He pointed to a "sudden interruption" in Pilley's life since she had vanished. In particular, he highlighted that she had made no contact with anyone, there had been no activity on her credit cards and she had not made any arrangements for her pet fish and cat. It was also said that the lack of calls and texts from Gilroy after Pilley went missing suggested he knew she was already dead and that he had her phone. The advocate depute also reminded the jury that Gilroy had gone on a journey of "no importance" the day after she had disappeared instead of "assisting the police inquiry".
376:, Nathaniel Cary told the jury that Gilroy had curved scratches on his hands, a cut on his forehead, bruises on his chest and other scratches to his hands, wrist, and forearms on 6 May 2010. A series of photographs were produced in court (left). He told the advocate depute that the scratches could have been caused by another person's fingernails, possibly in a struggle, and that this had happened around the time Pilley went missing. He also said that the injuries were consistent with what he had seen previously in cases involving strangulation, but that it was difficult to tell because the injuries had been covered with a make-up like substance. Under
456:, requesting permission to film the sentencing of Gilroy. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that the sentencing diet would be filmed by a camera crew from STV and the footage made freely available to broadcasters for use on the same day. Strict conditions were placed on what could be filmed. The Lord Justice General stipulated that the camera should focus solely on the trial judge and court staff and that Gilroy himself could not be filmed. In addition, it was reported that filming would only commence after Jack Davidson had finished delivering his plea in mitigation.
193:, charged with the murder of Suzanne Pilley and various other offences relating to her disappearance. He made no plea or declaration. A petition for bail was lodged and granted by Sheriff Deirdre MacNeill. On 1 July 2010, Gilroy appeared on petition, in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for judicial examination. Thereafter he was fully committed for trial. A second petition for bail was lodged and granted by Sheriff Nigel Morrison.
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application to the
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission were unsuccessful. As such there is no legal basis for COPFS to retain the productions relating to this case.” The police subsequently announced that Gilroy's car, believed to be used to transport Suzanne Pilley's corpse, would be auctioned.
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The decision to allow filming of the sentencing attracted widespread attention and comment in both the
Scottish and national press. Although the case marked the first time that cameras would be allowed to film the sentencing of a convicted person in the UK for same day broadcast, it was not the first
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On the afternoon of 12 March 2012, advocate depute Alex
Prentice began addressing the jury. He told them that the Crown case was that Gilroy had killed Pilley in the basement of her office before hiding her body in a recess. That Gilroy had then brought his car from home and put Pilley's body in the
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The defence case began on the morning of 12 March 2012 and lasted half a day. The court heard from a number of witnesses who worked in the offices of
Infrastructure Managers Ltd, who spoke to the fact that they did not see anything out of the ordinary at the premises in Thistle Street on 4 May 2010.
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On 24 February 2012, the court heard from a forensic imagery expert, Jacqueline
Butterwick, who had analysed footage on behalf of the police. She told the court that the CCTV footage of a person on Thistle Street bore enough similarities to other CCTV images of Suzanne Pilley taken that day, for her
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Edinburgh on 20 December 2012. In 2013 his lawyers attempted to have his case reviewed by the UK Supreme Court, arguing the police had acted illegally, however their arguments were rejected by all three judges. In June 2017 the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission closed their review of the
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in Pilley's workplace and in the boot of Gilroy's car. She confirmed that she had been unable to find any trace of Pilley's DNA anywhere in the building or in the car. She told the court that as she opened the boot to Gilroy's car, she noticed a fresh smell coming from inside. She told the advocate
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Suzanne Pilley's, Gayle Hawkins, who spoke to the fact that Suzanne had previously told people she was worried that Gilroy was hacking into her email account. Alex Prentice produced in court phone records showing that Gilroy was in contact with Pilley almost
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explained that she had the right not to give evidence against her husband if she did not wish. She declined to give evidence. Mrs Gilroy could only decline to give evidence because the events she would speak to took place before section 86 of the
Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010
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announced that evidence from the case would be removed from storage and destroyed. Gilroy's family argued this would make it difficult for him to overturn his conviction, however a spokesperson for the COPFS defended the decision, stating: “David Gilroy was convicted of murder and his appeal and
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on 5 May 2010, using CCTV footage. After analysing the footage police recreated the journey there and back several times. They found that Gilroy had taken two hours longer than their average time each way. Furthermore, a comparison of fuel consumption suggested that 124 miles (200 kilometres) of
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On the afternoon of 13 March 2012 the jury of eight men and seven women were sent out to consider their verdict. After two and a half days of deliberations, on 15 March 2012 David Gilroy was found guilty by majority verdict of the murder of
Suzanne Pilley and of attempting to defeat the ends of
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On 1 March 2012, the advocate depute led evidence from Sgt Paul
Grainger of Lothian and Borders Police. He spoke to the contents of an 11-hour interview which Gilroy gave to police on 6 May 2010. Grainger told the court that during the interview he noticed a scar on Gilroy's forehead under his
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newspaper made available an extended 6-minute 23-second video of the proceedings. The extended video comprises visual footage from the standardised 4 minute 40-second video but a different audio track. The extended audio track comprises 66 seconds of Jack Davidson's plea in mitigation. It was
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and cleared for broadcast at 11.00 am. Edited versions of the footage were shown on various national news programmes that day. In addition, various national and international news websites made a 'standardised' 4-minute 40-second video of the proceedings available for viewing online.
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daily before her disappearance, but that his contact had stopped the day before she went missing. It was revealed that Gilroy would regularly text Pilley more than 50 times a day. The last contact between their phones was on 3 May 2010 when he left 15 text messages and one voicemail.
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David Gilroy continues to maintain his innocence. On 27 April 2012, he lodged an intimation of his intention to appeal against conviction, under section 109(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, with the Clerk of Justiciary. The appeal was unanimously rejected by the
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in Edinburgh, Lord Bracadale sentenced David Gilroy to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 18 years, for the murder of Suzanne Pilley and for attempting to defeat the ends of justice. A single camera, a cameraman, and an audio technician from STV were present in court.
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following threats from fellow prisoners at HMP Edinburgh. It was later reported that Gilroy had been attacked on his first day at HMP Shotts by fellow inmates and conveyed to hospital with a broken jaw after telling other prisoners that he would be released on appeal.
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on the way to work. At 08:51, she was seen on CCTV leaving Sainsbury's; at 08:54, she was seen on CCTV on North St David Street, about to turn into Thistle Street. This was to be the last public sighting of her; she failed to turn up for work.
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On 18 May 2010, Pilley's employers issued a statement saying that her disappearance 'was completely out of character'. The following day, police issued a statement saying that they were now treating the enquiry as a murder investigation.
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was Suzanne Pilley's mother, Sylvia Pilley. She spoke to the fact that her daughter had had a 'turbulent on-off relationship' with David Gilroy, and that she had previously cohabited with him on a temporary basis.
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hairline and that there had been some sort of scratch on his chin. The court also heard that Gilroy had told police, that on the evening of 2 May 2010 he and Pilley had decided to split up and then took part in a
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to document events as they happened. This marked only the second time that permission to use Twitter in a Scottish court had been granted. The first occasion was the sentencing diet in
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came into force. This act amended the law such that spouses and civil partners of an accused person in Scotland, are competent and compellable witnesses for the prosecution.
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to search the offices where David Gilroy and Suzanne Pilley worked. The dogs were specially trained to smell for blood and human remains. The court was told that the dogs,
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on the morning of 4 May 2010. Following a highly publicised appeal for information on her whereabouts and intensive police enquiries, her former lover,
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839:"Accusations of murder and deceit as David Gilroy to go on trial over Suzanne Pilley murder – Edinburgh Evening News"
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1288:"Suzanne Pilley murder: Sentencing of David Gilroy to be filmed live – Scotland"
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1324:"David Gilroy Sentencing: Suzanne Pilley Killer's Fate To Be Televised"
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GARETH ROSE Published on Tuesday 10 April 2012 15:13 (10 April 2012).
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and attempting to defeat the ends of justice, respectively, remained.
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1043:"Suzanne Pilley feared murder accused David Gilroy read emails"
666:"Timeline: Suzanne Pilley murder case – Edinburgh Evening News"
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previously stated in the press that this would not be filmed.
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ran to 5 pages. The principal charges libelled were that:
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1205:"Suzanne Pilley murder trial: David Gilroy found guilty"
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1121:"Suzanne Pilley murder trial prosecution evidence ends"
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released a podcast on the case and Gilroy's appeals.
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939:"Suzanne Pilley murder jury views her final journey"
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121:. The body of Suzanne Pilley has never been found.
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913:"Cadaver dogs used in Suzanne Pilley murder probe"
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812:. For Argyll. 21 February 2012.
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