From troublemaker to teenage murderer

Before August 2 2001, Robbie Mcintosh was just another troubled teenager.

He left school at the age of 15 and had a reputation as a cannabissmoking troublemaker.

Yet no one could have imagined the depths of his savagery that would make him infamous in his home town of Dundee.

On August 2, he attacked civil servant Anne Nicoll as she was walking her dog on Dundee Law.

He stabbed Ms Nicoll, who was just 32-years-old, 29 times in his frenzied attack.

Her body was discovered by her partner who had gone out to look for her.

It was Mcintosh’s first criminal act but police soon identified him as the murderer, despite his attempt to pin the blame for the brutal killing on a friend.

He was arrested and sentenced the following year, when he was told he must spend 15 years behind bars.

It is understood Mcintosh converted to Islam while behind bars and was even monitored for signs of radicalisation.

The Significant Case Review published yesterday also reveals he was, at some point, placed on the methadone programme while in jail although it is not clear when or why he was prescribed the opiate substitute.

A psychological risk assessment carried out in 2012 found Mcintosh’s personality traits included “paranoia, narcissism, callousness, shallow effect, and a lack of empathy and remorse” which meant he was likely to reoffend.

He tried to murder Linda Mcdonald while on home leave in August 2017.

He will now remain behind bars for an “indeterminate” period of time.