Stefan Sutherland: Last News

The family of a young mum who took her own life after allegedly being sexually assaulted by two men have said she is “just a statistic” to police following a decision not to prosecute one of the pair.

The family of Stefan Sutherland fear they have lost any hope of justice following the death of the man they suspected of murdering him.

police that there is “no criminality” after a major re-investigation. The family of Stefan Sutherland, 25, have campaigned for a murder prosecution to be brought since his body was found in the sea with head injuries in 2013.

Police Scotland has accepted their view that he was murdered.Its Major Investigation Team has completed a review of Stefan’s death in Caithness eight years ago and its report is now with the fiscal.Stefan’s family expects to learn the outcome within a few weeks and whether a murder inquiry will follow.The family is desperately hoping the fiscal will not support the stance taken by local officers at the time, that the death was an accident or suicide.They were disappointed not to be given a copy of the police report and were angered to hear potential witnesses were asked if Stefan, 25, was depressedThey have also been told that witnesses were shut down quickly when trying to talk about Stefan’s known conflict with a drug dealer who had

truth about his violent death.Stefan’s dad Sandy told how the family will mark this week as the seventh anniversary of his loss without knowing exactly when he died.The 25-year-old was last seen alive in Lybster, Caithness, on September 6, 2013, and his body was washed up on the shore 11 days later.