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Rebecca Tollan, 23, passed away at a house in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, in July 2019. Barry McAuley, 40, and Martin Stewart, 34, went on trial charged with the culpable homicide of Rebecca.

A NEW mum died after meeting two men accused of killing her by giving her cocaine.

William MacDowell, 80, was convicted by a jury at the High Court at Inverness of killing both Renee MacRae and their infant son Andrew in November 1976.

For almost half a century, the name of Renee MacRae has occupied near-mythical status as a byword for one of Scotlands most infamous unsolved crimes.

The road to justice for Renee MacRae, 36, and Andrew, her baby, has been long and painful, with police at one point turning to the services of a Swiss clairvoyant.

THE man accused of murdering his lover and young son would have to be a cold-hearted, callous psychopath to have killed the pair, yet his lover…

William MacDowell, 80, was convicted by a jury at the High Court at Inverness of killing both Renee MacRae and their infant son Andrew in November 1976.

THE murderer of Renee and Andrew MacRae will die behind bars after being found guilty of the pairs deaths 46 years after the crime.

MacDowell, 80, will spend the rest of his life in prison after being ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years.

A MARRIED man who murdered his lover and their young son more than 45 years ago will die behind bars.