killers’ remains will be exhumed at Barlinnie for reburial before the notorious Glasgow prison closes for good.The 138-year-old jail is to be replaced with a new one nearby by 2023 and the Scottish Prison Service says it intends to dispose of the site in Riddrie.But first the SPS will have to move the bodies from their unmarked graves.Serial killer Peter Manuel is among the 10 people put to death there between 1946 and 1960.It is understood the SPS will have to apply to the Sheriff Court for permission to exhume any remains left in the grounds.A prison source said: “The SPS will sell the site the current prison sits on but before they can do that any bodies left in the burial ground will have to be dug up and moved elsewhere.“It’s likely.
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