Amber Gibson murder trial hears teenager was 'appallingly murdered by brother she trusted'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Jurors were told teenage Amber Gibson was "appallingly" murdered by the brother she must have trusted. Prosecutor Richard Goddard KC delivered his speech to jurors today at the end of the trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Connor Gibson, 20, is charged with the sexual assault and murder of the teenager at Cadzow Glen, on Friday November 26 2021.He is joined in the dock by 45 year-old Stephen Corrigan.Corrigan is accused of a breach of the peace and attempting to defeat the ends of justice including claims he found Amber's dead body, inappropriately touched her and hid her body under bushes and branches.Mr Goddard told the jury that it was a "tragedy" that the last face she ever saw was Gibson's.The advocate depute added that he obstructed efforts to find Amber's body.Mr Goddard went on to state that Corrigan had a "large window of opportunity to commit "disgraceful crimes."He said: "Taking all separate sources in combination, it paints a clear picture that Gibson sexually assaulted and murdered his sister."From him going to Cadzow Glen with her, we saw him emerge muddy, disheveled, going back to the Blue Triangle to tell a pack of lies about where he had been and what he did that evening."She lay there until the Sunday morning, enough time for Corrigan to commit sordid acts."He handled her body and handled intimate areas of her."Mr Goddard went into 21 different circumstances which linked Gibson to the murder and sexual assault of Amber.He stated that Gibson “definitely disposed evidence in the aftermath and told lie after lie after lie about where he was and when he last saw his sister.“The only thing he knew was to try and obstruct her as he knew what he had done.”Mr Goddard asked the jury what Gibson’s intentions