7-10-2008 United Kingdom:A MAN who murdered his brother because he believed he was a sex offender has been given a life sentence at the High Court in Glasgow.
David Thomson, 38, admitted killing 35-year-old John Thomson at the home they shared in Carstairs Junction in January.
He strangled his brother with a boot lace and stabbed him 15 times after an alleged confession to a sex offence.
Thomson was told that he would serve a minimum of 14 years for the murder.
The court heard John Thomson had allegedly sexually abused a young girl 20 years ago.
Defence QC Neil Murray told the court that Thomson claimed his brother, who had always previously denied the allegation, confessed to him that night that he had committed the offence.
The defence lawyer said Thomson, who described his brother as “his best friend” was profoundly upset by his death and “accepts what he did was totally inexcusable”.
Judge Lord Mackay of Drumadoon told Thomson that the only possible sentence was life imprisonment.
He said if it had not been for his early guilty plea he would have fixed the punishment part at 17 years. ..News Source.. by George Topp, Lanark & Carluke
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