Murder suspect's suicide 'robs alleged victim’s family' of court closure
family of the chance to look him in the eye in court, relatives said last night.The devastated sister of Jennifer Morgan, who was found stabbed to death in her garden, said her family have been left “numb” by a ruling which found the suicide of Hugh Baird, 40, could not have been prevented.He was due to go on trial accused of murdering the 33-year-old mum at her home in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, in April 2018.But on October 8 that year he took his own life at Barlinnie prison – a week before his trial was about to start.At a fatal accident inquiry into Baird’s death last week, procurator fiscal Richard Hill submitted that it was unavoidable.Jennifer’s sister, Laura Evans, described her torment over being unable to face the alleged killer