The physique of a murdered man was discovered dumped reverse a kids's play park in view of houses, detectives have revealed. Police had been known as to the scene in Pollock's Househill Park, Glasgow, after William Leiper was murdered and his physique dumped in a wheelie bin that was then set on hearth. Killer Jude McPhie admitted inflicting the blunt drive trauma that claimed the 31-year-old's life in a close-by home when he appeared within the dock at Glasgow Excessive Court docket yesterday.
Christopher O'Reilly pled responsible to trying to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of Mr Leiper's stays within the public park the place the horrific scene was found at 7.35am on Wednesday, August 4, 2021.
Talking within the aftermath of the pair's responsible pleas, Detective Inspector Suzanne McNulty, of Police Scotland’s Main Investigation Crew mentioned: "Our ideas are with Mr Leiper’s household at what's a really tough time for them. Nothing can change what occurred however I hope this conviction brings a level of closure for kin and pals.
"This was a very brutal assault and people accountable tried to cowl up what they'd achieved by burning Mr Leiper’s physique. It was left within the park reverse a kids’s play space and in view of close by houses. These males will now face the results of their actions.
"Incidents like this are uncommon and it took a substantial quantity of investigation work to convey them to court docket. I wish to thank members of the general public who assisted officers with their enquiries."
Court docket papers defined that O'Reilly - together with others - purchased bleach and lighter fluid to destroy proof, experiences .
Makes an attempt had been made to scrub up the blood from the home while the garments and hammer had been burned in a backyard. A part of a bloodstained mattress was additionally ditched.
The physique of Mr Leiper is then mentioned to have been faraway from the homicide scene and transported in a wheelie bin to the park the place it was set alight.
McPhie additionally pled responsible to trying to defeat the ends of justice, however the claims he helped transfer the physique and set it alight had been deleted.
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Each males have been remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.