Two critical witnesses in the Caroline Glachan murder trial gave bungling cops vital evidence that should have snared the killers 27 years ago.Detectives failed to crack the alibis of the killers of the innocent 14-year-old schoolgirl, leading to a 27 year delay in justice being served.But eye-witness statements by young mum Linda Dorrian and four-year-old toddler Archie Wilson made clear what happened on the night of Caroline’s death.Linda Dorrian saw the killers - Robbie O’Brien, Donna Brand and Andy Kelly - leave the downstairs flat below her own home at 12 Allan Crescent, Renton, where they had been babysitting on the night.And she witnessed the murderers taking Archie and brother Jamie, two, towards the murder scene, where Archie witnessed the horrific attack, which he described at the time.Violent O’Brien was Caroline’s boyfriend and was also the prime suspect back in 1996.
He said he spent the entire night in the flat along with his accomplices.But the “real key witness”, in the High Court trial, according to police, was upstairs neighbour Linda Dorrian, who had given a statement to police in 1996 that was not followed up on.She told the High Court in Glasgow how she spotted the brutal murderers - who smoked heroin while babysitting - leaving the flat before midnight on the fateful night, later returning after the horrific deed was done.Her account - which was vital to the convictions - chimed closely with the eye witness account of Archie.After the Daily Record told Linda Dorrian, 53, she was regarded as the “key witness”, she blasted: “I’m very surprised to hear now that I’m the key witness.
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