Wife of 'evil' man guilty of shooting and stabbing rampage 'glad jury saw through his lies'

A pistillate who was stabbed by her "evil" abusive hubby successful a weapon and weapon rampage connected a Scottish land has revealed she is "glad the assemblage saw done his lies".

Rowena Macdonald was stabbed by Finlay Macdonald successful a frenzied onslaught successful beforehand of their 4 children aft helium flew into a rage implicit mendacious allegations astir an affair.

Macdonald, who was jailed for 28 years connected Friday aft being recovered blameworthy of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to termination 3 different people, tried to reason his autism diagnosis was an excuse for his murderous unit connected Skye and Lochalsh successful 2022.

"She fto maine down", helium aboriginal told a advisor forensic psychiatrist, arsenic helium attempted to blasted his woman for the convulsive outburst.

The tribunal heard harrowing grounds of their two-year-old cradling her parent arsenic they awaited exigency services, who would aboriginal conflict to successfully prevention her life.

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While the youngsters screamed and cried for help, their begetter ignored their distress and grabbed his recently bought weapon and hundreds of cartridges of ammunition.

He loaded the car and sped disconnected successful what was the opening of a bid of attacks that August morning.

Reacting to his condemnation and jailhouse condemnation astatine the High Court successful Edinburgh, Mrs Macdonald said: "I americium gladsome the assemblage saw done his beingness and recovered him guilty.

"A beingness condemnation of 28 years is arsenic overmuch arsenic we could person asked for. But volition ne'er beryllium capable for the harm helium has caused."

The assemblage was told determination were capable weapon cartridges successful the location to "start a tiny war".

Dashcam and CCTV footage connected the Isle of Skye uncover him driving done the winding agrarian roads en way to his adjacent victim.

His brother-in-law, 47-year-old John MacKinnon was executed successful acold humor successful his kitchen. Shot dormant arsenic helium prepared meal for his six children.

MacDonald held a decade-old grudge for seemingly losing a combat betwixt the pair.

In his last enactment of brutality, the slayer continued his car travel to effort to execution different mates helium had a grievance with.

The tribunal heard helium had made threats to termination a section osteopath who helium became fixated connected implicit claims his beingness had been "ruined".

He suggested John MacKenzie had made his backmost wounded worse pursuing appointments to hole the issue.

Macdonald fired shots astatine him and his woman Fay. He inactive has bullets lodged successful his look to this day.

Passing condemnation connected Friday, Judge Lady Drummond told MacDonald helium was blameworthy of a "series of brutal and mindlessly convulsive attacks", and that statements from Mr MacKinnon's household had been "heartbreaking to read".

She said: "The past 2 years person been unimaginably hard for them all. They miss and grieve him daily."