A man who went on a shooting and stabbing spree in the Scottish Highlands has been found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill three other people.

Man Found Guilty of Murder in Skye Shooting and Stabbing Spree

Finlay MacDonald: Man who went on shooting and stabbing spree in Skye guilty of murdering his brother-in-law | UK News | Sky News”

MacDonald denied each of the charges and lodged a special defence against the prosecution’s murder charge, claiming his “ability to determine or control his conduct was substantially impaired by reason of abnormality of mind”.
During MacDonald’s trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, his wife explained how the couple’s relationship “was not in a good place” at the time of the incident and she had been planning to move out.

Jurors were told MacDonald confronted his wife over messages on her phone to her male boss, where she had discussed the ending of their marriage and said “this can’t come soon enough now”.

Although Mrs MacDonald claimed her colleague was merely a friend, MacDonald produced a knife from his pocket and launched into a frenzied attack going on a stabbing spree.

Mrs MacDonald told the court: “Both lungs had been punctured – with every breath I took I was openly squelching blood.”

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