Proven Facts. (plus trial)

Patrick Docherty Is Willing To Take A Lie Detector Test.

The Case Was Based On Hearsay From Third Parties.

There Was DNA Found that was not linked to Brendan Or Patrick

There Was A Footprint found that couldn't be linked to Patrick or Brendan



The Trial:

On Tuesday March 1st 2005, At Kilmarnock High Court Brendan Dixon And Patrick Docherty Were Both Found Guilty Of The Murder Of Margaret Irvine.

Both Men Were Given Life Sentences For A Crime That They Did Not Commit.

Colin Miller [The Third Accused Was Found Not Proven].

There Was No Evidence In The Case.

The Case Was Based On Hearsay And Circumstancial Evidence.

The Police Recovered DNA And Footprints From The Murder Scene That Do Not Belong To Any Of The Accused.

A Number Of Key Witnesses, Who Are No Strangers To Police Had Themselves Been Questioned About The Murder.

Several Of These Witnesses Against Patrick Were Proven in Court To Have Lied While Giving Evidence.

The Murder:

On Sunday September 28th 2003, 91 Year Old Galston Woman Margaret Irvine Was Murdered. She Was Found By Her Carer At 4.50 PM She Had Been Gagged And Had Hands Tied Behind Her Back With A Belt.

The Cause Of Death Was Asphyixia, Due To Her Choking On The Duster That Had Been Placed In Her Mouth.

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Mrs Irvine Was Last Seen Alive At 7.OO AM By The Carer Who Came In To Make Her Breakfast.

She Instructed The Carer To Leave The Door Unlocked To Enable Others To Gain Entry.

Mrs Irvine Was Described As Been Mentally Alert Although She Was Housebound.

On October 31st 2003, Brendan Dixon And Patrick Docherty Were Both Charged With The Murder Of Margaret Irvine.

Colin Miller Was Charged Almost A Year Later.

The Original Suspect However Was Colin Miller, Who Met Brendan Dixon In Kilmarnock HMP, (Colin Miller Was In For A Week For Non-Payment Of Fines And Brendan Dixon Was In For Smashing His Ex-Girlfriends Windows);

Colin Miller Was Attacked By Cons Whilst In Prison For His Part In The Murder.Brendan Dixon Tries To Reassure Him By Telling Him The Police Were Also Putting Him And Patrick Docherty Forward As Suspects And Many Other Known Criminals, As Soon As He Got Released From Prison

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COLIN MILLLER went to the police and made a 3rd statement, Only this time he says he saw BRENDAN DIXON and PATRICK DOCHERTY in Catherine Drive, which he changes in a 4th statement to seeing them outside Mrs Irvines house.

COLIN MILLER then becomes the cheif witnesses, that is, until almost a year later when the PF realises that COLIN MILLER couldn't have seen anyone from where he states, and eventually after ten months is charged with Mrs Irvines murder but only after being the only witness to see BRENDAN DIXON and PATRICK DOCHERTY at the scene of crime

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Colin Miller Was The Only Witness That Claimed To Have Seen Brendan And Patrick Near The Scene On The Morning Of The Murder.

It Was Proven In Court That Colin Miller Could Not Have Seen Brendan Or Patrick From The Location That He Claimed To Have Been At.

Colin MIiller Was The Only Person Spotted Near The Scene That Morning.

A Neighbour Of Mrs Irvine, Stated In Court That She Was Up Early That Sunday Morning. She Looked Of Her Window And Seen Collin Miller Three Times, At 6.00 AM , 6.40 AM, And Again At 7.00 AM.

However Witnesses For Colin Miller Stated In Court That He Spent The Saturday Night At Their House. They Stated That He Did Not Leave Their House Until 7.50 AM On The Morning Of The Murder.

Later That Morning Collin Miller Was At Another Friends House. After Racieving A Text Message, Around 10 AM Collin Miller Went Outside To Make A Phone Call. Shortly After He Returned To The House, He Was In A Rage And Hit His Friend On The Head And Face With A Hammer.

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Another Neighbour Of Mrs Irvine Stated In Court, "At Around 10AM She Heard A Male Voice Shouting Are You There?"

She Looked Out Her Window And Seen A Male From The Back Standing In The Kitchen Of The Murder Scene.

She Also Stated That She Noticed A Male Stranger Passing By

Brendan And Patrick Had Seperate Alibis To State That They Were Nowhere Near The Galston Area On The Morning Of Sunday 28th September 2003, When Mrs Irvine Was Murdered.

No Justice Has Been Done For Margaret Irvine Or Her Family.

Galston Is A Small Community; And The Murderer Or Murderers Of Margaret Irvine Must Be Known To Someone In The Area.