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Caroline Glachan: Donna Marie Brand jailed over 1996 murder of schoolgirl | UK News

Caroline Glachan: Donna Marie Brand jailed over 1996 murder of schoolgirl | UK News

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A woman who, along with two friends, murdered a schoolgirl and evaded justice for almost three decades has been sentenced to at least 17 years in jail. Donna Marie Brand, Robert O’Brien and Andrew Kelly denied killing Caroline Glachan, 14, in 1996 when they were teenagers and lied about their whereabouts on the night of the murder. However, the trio were found guilty of murder last December following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. In January, O’Brien was ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years before being eligible for parole, and Kelly 18 years. Both O’Brien and Kelly have since launched a bid for freedom and intend to appeal their conviction and sentence. Brand, who was unfit to attend court at the time, received her sentence on Monday. Image: Donna Marie Brand. Pic: Police Scotland Image: Robert, also known as Robbie, O’Brien. Pic: Police Scotland Image: Andrew Kelly. Pic: Police Scotland Judge Lord Braid previously described the murder as “brutal, depraved, and above all, wicked”. Caroline’s body was found in the River …

Caroline Glachan murder: Mum ‘over the moon’ with jail time for killers – as 999 call released of moment body found | UK News

Caroline Glachan murder: Mum ‘over the moon’ with jail time for killers – as 999 call released of moment body found | UK News

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A murdered schoolgirl’s mum is “over the moon” that justice has been served to two of her daughter’s killers. It comes as a 999 call has revealed that members of the public who discovered Caroline Glachan’s body at first thought it may have been a dummy in the water. The 14-year-old’s body was recovered from the River Leven in West Dunbartonshire in August 1996. It would take 27 years for her killers to be brought to justice. On Monday at the High Court in Glasgow, Robert O’Brien, 45, and Andrew Kelly, 44, were jailed for life. O’Brien must serve a minimum of 22 years behind bars before being eligible for parole, and Kelly 18 years. Donna Marie Brand, 44, who was also found guilty of the teenager’s murder following a trial, was unfit to attend court and will be sentenced in March. Image: Caroline was just 14 years old when she died. Pic: Police Scotland Caroline’s mum, Margaret McKeich, said: “This is the day that I’ve been waiting for, for 27 years. “It was more …

Caroline Glachan: Pair jailed over schoolgirl’s murder in 1996 after police exposed their alibis as lies | UK News

Caroline Glachan: Pair jailed over schoolgirl’s murder in 1996 after police exposed their alibis as lies | UK News

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Two people who murdered a schoolgirl as teenagers and then evaded justice for 27 years have been jailed for life. Robert O’Brien, 45, and Andrew Kelly, 44, had denied murdering Caroline Glachan, 14, and lied about their whereabouts on the night of the murder but were found guilty following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. The pair were sentenced on Monday. O’Brien must serve a minimum of 22 years before being eligible for parole, and Kelly 18 years. Donna Marie Brand, 44, who was also found guilty of murder, was unfit to attend court and will be sentenced in March. Caroline’s body was found in the River Leven in West Dunbartonshire on 25 August 1996 – the day of her mother’s 40th birthday. The killers – who were teenagers at the time of the murder – were eventually caught after Police Scotland reinvestigated the case in 2019. More than 200 statements were taken from people who had not previously spoken to police, and from that officers from the Major Investigations Team were able …

Three people convicted of 1996 murder of Caroline Glachan in Scotland | Crime

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Three people have been convicted of the murder of a 14-year-old girl in 1996, with the judge describing their actions as “depraved, brutal and wicked”. Robert O’Brien, 45, and Andrew Kelly and Donna Marie Brand, both 44, were found guilty of killing O’Brien’s girlfriend Caroline Glachan in West Dunbartonshire. The jury unanimously convicted the three defendants, who were all teenagers at the time of Caroline’s murder, on Thursday after two days of deliberation. Prosecutor Alex Prentice KC told the court after the trio had been convicted: “Obviously this is a case of some age. The sense of the loss of Caroline Glachan, who was 14 and Margaret McKeich’s only child, has been immeasurable and has not diminished over the years.” The judge, Lord Braid, remanded them into custody after their convictions at the high court in Glasgow. The jury was previously told that Glachan had been punched, kicked and struck repeatedly with bricks and other instruments to the head, and was either pushed or fell into the River Leven near Place of Bonhill, Renton. The …