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Jury instructed to find Andrew Innes guilty of double murder

A jury has been told by the trial judge that it must find Andrew Innes guilty of murdering a woman and her two-year-old daughter. Andrew Innes, 52, is accused of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke at his Dundee home between February 20 ...

06 Feb 2023 at 13:09

Killer Andrew Innes must serve at least 36 years in jail for double murder

A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years. Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica ...

06 Feb 2023 at 18:31

Man guilty of the murder of Bennylyn Burke and her daughter Jellica

A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor faces a life sentence after being found guilty of murder. Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and ...

06 Feb 2023 at 16:12

Murderer Andrew Innes ‘cruelly snuffed out hope and light of family’

The relatives of a murdered woman who was killed and buried under a kitchen floor have described her as their family’s “hope and light” which had been “cruelly snuffed out”. Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn ...

06 Feb 2023 at 18:26

Man changed story on why he killed mother and child, court told

A murder accused repeatedly changed his story when explaining why he killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter, his trial has heard. Andrew Innes, 52, is accused of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke at his Dundee ...

03 Feb 2023 at 15:26

Murder accused tells jury he was ‘apocalyptically angry’ when he killed woman

A man has told how he was “apocalyptically angry” as he used a hammer to kill a woman he described as looking like a hybrid between his wife and a jilted lover. Andrew Innes is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh accused of ...

02 Feb 2023 at 16:08

Man hit Bennylyn Burke in head with hammer, murder trial hears

A girl who was in the house where a woman and her daughter were killed said accused Andrew Innes hit the 25-year-old mother in the head with a hammer. Innes stands accused at the High Court in Edinburgh of murdering Bennylyn ...

31 Jan 2023 at 17:51

Man admitted to police officer that he killed Bennylyn Burke, trial told

A man confessed to a police officer searching for a missing woman and her child that he killed the 25-year-old, a court has heard. Andrew Innes was accused at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday of murdering Bennylyn ...

31 Jan 2023 at 16:51

Bennylyn Burke came at me with sushi knife, claims man accused of double murder

Andrew Innes told detectives the woman that he is accused of murdering and burying under the floor came at him with a sushi knife. He also told the High Court in Edinburgh that he was unable to look after Bennylyn ...

01 Feb 2023 at 17:20

‘I should have saved them’ – young witness tells double murder trial

A girl at the house where a woman and a toddler were killed told police she “should have saved them” but could not because she did not know what was happening. Andrew Innes, 52, is accused of murdering Bennylyn ...

01 Feb 2023 at 15:21

Man admits killing mother and toddler but denies their murder

A man has admitted killing a mother and her two-year-old daughter but denies murdering them. Andrew Innes is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh accused of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke, ...

31 Jan 2023 at 13:59

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