sexual predator who murdered a "trusting and friendly" mother in her home more than 36 years ago has been jailed for life after being snared through a DNA breakthrough.
Convicted rapist Graham McGill, 59, was an inmate at HMP Edinburgh on temporary release when he strangled Mary McLaughlin, 58, in Partick, Glasgow in 1984.
The mother-of-11 had enjoyed a night out drinking and playing dominoes at different bars on Wednesday September 26 of that year and was last seen at about 10.45pm heading to a chip shop on her way home.
McGill strangled her with her own dressing gown cord and her body was found days later by one of her sons.McGill was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month.Ms Mclaughlin's death sparked a major.
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