Court told Mary beaten to death

Murder trial hears Leven gran had 31 head and neck injuries

Fife gran Mary Logie suffered 31 injuries to her head and neck as she was bludgeoned to death, the High Court was told yesterday.

The 82-year-old also had defensive injuries which had left her hands “swollen like boxing gloves”.

Paramedic Alan McIntyre said he arrived at the pensioner’s home on January 5 after a report she had fallen. But he told the Edinburgh jury yesterday: “I could see a lot of blood, more than you would expect from simply a head injury from a fall. I thought there had been a murder.”

Sandra Weir, 41, denies murdering Mrs Logie in Green Gates, Leven, on January 5.

A paramedic said tragic Fife grandmother Mary Logie had defensive injuries that left her hands “swollen like boxing gloves”.

Giving evidence on the second day of a murder trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, Alan McIntyre said he arrived at Mrs Logie’s home and found her, dying, on her living-room floor.

She had suffered blunt force trauma to her head, which the court later heard was consistent with having been hit with a rolling pin.

Sandra Weir, 41, is accused of murdering Mrs Logie at the pensioner’s home in Green Gates on January 5 this year.

Mrs Logie was wearing a heavily bloodstained nightdress when she was discovered, having sustained a total of 31 head and neck injuries.

Mr McIntyre, 60, said: “Her hands were swollen like boxing gloves. These are defensive injuries.”

Describing Mrs Logie’s head injuries, Mr McIntyre said her skull was not intact.

When questioned by Alex Prentice QC, for the prosecution, Mr McIntyre said Mrs Logie’s injuries were “incompatible with life” and efforts to resuscitate her were futile.

She was pronounced dead by Mr McIntyre at 8.51pm.

The paramedic told Mr Prentice a stain on the carpet suggested there had been an attempt to clean up blood.

He said: “I could see a circle of blood that looked as if it had been cleaned.”

Mr McIntyre said there was fresh blood on top of the stain.

Forensic pathologist Ian Wilkinson said Mrs Logie had sustained 31 injuries to her head and neck.

She had suffered “extensive fracturing to the skull”, which Dr Wilkinson said was consistent with having been hit by something with curved and straight surfaces, such as a heavy rolling pin.

Weir, also known as Gaughan, of Leven, has lodged a special defence of alibi in connection with the murder charge. She faces a number of other charges including one of using a bank card in Mrs Logie’s name to steal a total of £4,460

The trial before Judge Michael O’Grady QC continues.

Her hands were swollen like boxing gloves. ALAN MCINTYRE

Mary Logie, and a police presence at her Green Gates home after she was discovered earlier this year.