Wife of Skye killer fled to Scots island for safety after London knife attack

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The wife of Skye rampage murderer Finlay MacDonald was robbed at knifepoint in London years before she met her killer husband.Rowena Fellows, as she was in 2012, believed she would have a safer life on the island after twice being attacked while she was a student in 2012.A friend told the Record that the mum of four displayed huge strength of character to come through the earlier attacks only to face an even more vicious assault from her then husband, who tried to kill her.Rowena, 34, was the first victim of unhinged MacDonald, who stabbed her repeatedly in front of their children at their home in August 2022, before turning his attention to others.He was jailed for 28 years last week after being found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill three other people.A friend of Rowena, who is now divorced, said: “She has had so much to put up with and was already carrying mental scars from the trauma of the attacks in London when the horrors erupted on Skye.“She had been walking on the street when a man randomly grabbed her and robbed her at knifepoint.“Rowena said she was mentally scarred by that and it made her very careful about walking alone at night.“She was very discouraged from setting down any roots in London because of it and believed that Skye would be a far better place to raise a family.“She could never have ­imagined that the man she married could unravel with such terrible consequences.“But she is doing ­miraculously well under the circumstances.”In the robbery in Islington, London, in March 2012, Rowena, then 19, was approached as she made her way home following a night out with friends.She had her mp3 player, mobile phone and money taken, worth a total of £500.Adeboye Agoro, 21, was later