Scotland's Unsolved Murders - Session with Donald John MacDonald, STV Editor of News
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2020
- STV Editor of News and Aberdeen graduate Donald John MacDonald joined us for a presentation on some of Scotland’s most notorious unsolved murders. In a career spanning 35 years Donald has reported on dozens of cases. He also produced the highly acclaimed STV series 'Unsolved' which examined some of the country’s most baffling murders. He talked to us about the production process, including how to persuade family and friends to bare their emotions on camera about unsolved cases stretching back decades. He also talked in some depth about three cases in particular: the doorstep killing of banker Alistair Wilson in the sleepy, seaside resort of Nairn, the brutal murder of Bangladeshi waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood, gunned down by a schoolboy assassin while serving customers in an Orkney restaurant, and finally the killing of taxi driver George Murdoch by an unknown passenger dubbed 'the Cheese Wire Killer'. The session was followed by a short Q&A.
My auntie Frances Burn was killed in Haddington by her ex husband George Storrier in 1999. He was caught before he had the opportunity to cover it up which is something I am eternally grateful for but it still destroyed my family. My nana is now 91 and still cries for Frances daily. Im still wary of men all these years later. To anyone else that has experienced this kind of thing, I send you all my love and hope you find peace. Thank you to those who work so hard to solve these cases and who support the families.. You’re heroes xx
An incredibly talented journalist, and one of the nicest people I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting. Rest well, DJ.
Thank you ever so much for sharing this production.
It was a privilege to listen to such a warm hearted and enthusiastic journalist narrate.
What an excellent compilation of complicated cases!
This was very interesting to watch. Thank you for uploading 👍🏻⭐️
Thoroughly enjoyed. Hope you do more!!
With the pub being directly across the road, when Alistair came to the door there may have been someone else outside/walking past etc so the killer had to wait for a chance to shoot. He's knocked the door when he sees his chance, but, Veronica comes to the door first, then she goes to get Alistair and then he comes to the door. That could take at least 2 minutes by which time someone else could be outside.
Also, If the killer is walking down the street with an Envelope it makes him fit in more. The envelope could be meaningless, just a prop to buy time. You're welcome!
There is a chap in Edinburgh called Rebus who I am sure would solve these murders. He's good. It usually only takes him an hour to catch the killer.
Why can't I find the Unsolved episodes of Renee MacRae or Alistair Wilson anywhere to watch??? (Or any Crimewatch appeals either!!!). I've searched on STV footage sales and many places, but no luck!!!
I knew AW when he was a kid,what gets me,is the similarities with Willie McRae's tragic end(not self inflicted),old gun,dumped locally in water,ie,someone forensically aware, more than likely, the state was involved,but,if there is a similar connection, what did Alistair stumble upon,was it something to do with an Irish supergrass, ironically there one of such people not far from AW's hometown, they tend to live in remote areas...wonder if our s/services know what really happened, but its safer letting confusion reign?
Why do you say Willie macraes gun wound wasn't self inflicted?
The police have since said that they moved the car from the crime scene then returned it when they found the gunshot wound hence the evidence was disturbed. I think it was a suicide.
Who radicalized young Ross? Was it the street sweeper, his father, social media or others? It is perhaps more important to get the instigators, than the perpetrators. There are any number of vulnerable young men, out there, who can be manipulated into acts of political violence.
Why did he say, the killer might have come back for the envelope? Surely, they'd know if he came back for it.
I've read and watched so many accounts of the doorstep murder of Alistair Wilson, but I keep coming back to one thing that doesn't add up. When Alistair went upstairs to show his wife the blue envelope, why didn't he furnish her with any further information about the conversation he'd just had with the man? There must surely have been some further context, some sort of account given by Alistair (however vague or mysterious) when he flashed the envelope at her.
I always come back to this point myself!! Something is not right about this case. Where is the E-FIT of the suspect from the wife???
@@jpeddler1974 The reply from D J MacDonald is also cagey: No reply as to from what angle A Wilson was shot just on the doorstep. ... If someone comes up with an envelope they'd surely have explained and said from whom. But I'm not saying it's the wife. Just that she's not able to divulge all. Also if you have one phone it was rarely upstairs. It would be in the hallway or there would be 2. Odd
It was almost certainly a gangland hit. It was a small gun, but used expertly. It was probably the only suitably untraceable gun available, at the time. The envelope is the intriguing part. It was a message, but for whom?
Reported as green, but the narrative seems to have changed on that, which,if it was green,that would signify, a message from Ireland, and players within our s/services probably know what went down, or are involved, for some reason? Not be the first time a state hit was farmed out, just look at JDando, he sits in the Lords,the guy who did the deed,is conveniently not with us anymore?
In all this tine we still dont know if he was a Scot, Brit or other.why the secrecy after all this time . Police Scotland know more than
..." they know more" .
I spoke to a ex fbi agent in the united states in a gun shop about this case. The ex fbi agent said Mr willson was a tall person and his weight was over 80 kgs this is heavy put over 80kgs on a barbell and get none trained person of 5ft 9 to lift it. this man was strong obviously dose power lifting or is a rugby player and dose power lifting or works in a job lifting heavy loads for years or is a bouncer that dose power lifting who knows how handle people in out of control situations and practiced on a person who is the same weight and height as Mr wilson and this person knew how long it would take for the cops to show up at the scene meaning someone picked him up in a car and also had people on the look out with phones and talking with the driver in the car and the person who shot Mr wilson to let them know all is clear so know one will witness it and probably talking in code in case anyone was listening in to them this person was not from nairn but was fed information from people involved who live in nairn and know the timing of things. And I'm angry people thought it was a very skinny meth addict who is very undernourished and acted alone
Where did the meth addict theory come from?
@@andys2856 Mr wilson was a con man who work with other con men in nairn Mr willson con people out of the money he work with another con man name alistair skinner who works for the narin board who uses his job as a cover to get away with coning people and others in the nairn board their some con man that want out of the con business and a person gets hired from irealand to have them killed its very common in the con man business
micheal ross looked nothing like the person described by the witneses
All DNA evidence will eventually be traced, just a matter of time... Ancestry websites are helpful
The ex fbi agent and the gun specialist in the gun shop in United states said in this video this tells how he hid the gun and had to disconnect this gun from this device then dump it in the drain. this person could be from United states they said and purchased it in a gun shop or a pawn shop and by law in the USA they keep record of guns that where sold and you haft to have a gun licence and they can track this gun on who bought it and this is a vintage gun they can look on the computer system on witch gun shop had this vintage type of gun thir. even pawn shops and its a vintage collectors gun they will have a picture of this gun that was sold because its a vintage collectors gun and by law in the USA they keep records. please click on link please 🙏
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this is the method the hit man used you can have the credit I just want this case solved please click on link please 🙏
STV...news? Yea, right on. Propaganda rubbish more like.