Man who murdered and sexually assault sister Amber Gibson shared chilling tribute to her hours before arrest
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who killed and sexually assaulted his 16-year-old sister shared a chilling tribute to her hours later.Connor Gibson, 20, was today convicted of attacking his sister Amber in woodland in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, on November 26 2021, removing her clothes, sexually assaulting with the intention of raping her, inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and body and strangling her.The day before his arrest, he posted on Facebook: “Amber, you will fly high for the rest of time.
We will all miss you. Especially me. I love you ginger midget. GBFN (goodbye for now) X”.Amber was reported missing on the evening of Friday November 26 and her body was discovered in Cadzow Glen at about 10.10am on November 28.
Gibson was arrested three days later on December 1.He denied the charges against him throughout the 13-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The forensic pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination on Amber’s body told the court she was found covered in mud and the cause of death was “compression of the neck”.Jurors also heard other forensic evidence that “widespread blood staining” on Gibson’s jacket was compatible with Amber and his DNA was also found on her shorts, worn as underwear, which had been “forcibly torn” off.
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