Episode 79: Margaret McLaughlin. This week Emma brings us the story of Margaret McLaughlin, a 23-year-old typist from Carluke, who was killed in July 1973.
We hear how the ferocious attack would likely have left substantial evidence on the killer and how it came as a surprise when the police named a main suspect displaying none of these signs.
Emma discusses some of the poor investigation practices carried out by the police at the time and the concerns ,by some, of the outcome of the original investigation.
Most notably Emma looks at the research of criminologist Professor David Wilson, who casts serious doubts about the safety of the original conviction and goes so far as to name who he believes is the real killer.

Case research by Emma Taylor
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise


Sources of research:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/10/scottish-tory-msp-george-beattie-case-scotland

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/innocent-man-spent-15-years-22804071

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/crime-scene-murder-margaret-mclaughlin-24072995

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18779927.margaret-mclaughlin-murder-last-opportunity-justice/

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5899864/margaret-mclaughlin-carluke-murder-george-beattie/

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/likely-suspect-for-1973-murder-named-by-criminologist

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/carluke-george-beattie-murder-innocent

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murder-investigator-confronted-suspect-in-margaret-mclaughlins-killing-wg8bfbkpg

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12334731/woman-stabbed-teen-bizarre-confession-criminologist-clear-killer/

http://www.roughjusticetv.co.uk/marg.htm

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-record/20201007/281831466193272

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18579726.books-david-wilson-asks-killed-margaret-mclaughlin/

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=1bb986a6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1993/mar/03/george-beattie

https://scotslaw.fandom.com/wiki/George_Beattie_v_HM_Advocate

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/george-beattie-fitted-up-cops-22344669

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7923558.stm

https://newspresslive.com/can-courts-provide-real-justice-scotland-stv-news/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gem9R73CeiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CUKyGwieE BBC Rough Justice: The Case of the Missing Meal