The days that led up to discovery of victim at Perthshire monument

On an April weekend in 2018, one of Angela Newlands’ four children turned on a tap in the upstairs bathroom of the family’s Auchterarder home.

Before long, a deluge had swept through the property, causing extensive damage.

Newlands and Jordan Johnstone found themselves temporarily without a home.

The pair moved from place to place, staying with friends and family. On May 7, they arrived at Annalise’s flat in Ardrossan.

The next day, visited Glasgow.

In his statement to police, Johnstone said: “We just floated about because Annalise said she hadn’t been to Glasgow for ages.”

The day out took a dark turn when Annalise became anxious and cut her arm in an effort to persuade her brother to take her home.

After spending the night at Annalise’s home, the trio set out on a road trip.

In the early hours of May 10, CCTV captured Newlands, Johnstone and his sister – and Newlands’ four children – driving across Tayside.

Just after midnight, their Ford Galaxy was spotted at the BP Garage at Kingsway, Dundee, before arriving at the Mcdonald’s drive-thru at Camperdown Park.

According to Newlands, she was dropped off at a bus stop and walked with they all her children to her family home in Inchture.

It was agreed at the trial Annalise was killed at the Maggie Wall monument between 1.28am and 2am.

Her throat was cut from ear to ear and she bled to death in minutes.

At the same time, the headlights of the Ford Galaxy were caught on CCTV from a house overlooking the site.

Johnstone told the court he had found his sister lying face down in front of the memorial cairn.

“I shook her and turned her over. I thought there was water on my hands, but I could see that it was blood,” he said.

He added that he took off his T-shirt to staunch the flow of blood, but Annalise died in his arms.

He told jurors he decided to move his sister’s body so that “she would be found”.

Hours later, he was spotted by a hotel worker burning clothes at the side of the Inchture-errol road, where he claims to have buried the weapon that killed his sister.

Annalise was found at the drystone wall just after midday by hillwalkers Elaine and Stephen Bailey.

The next day, Johnstone was told a body matching Annalise’s description had been found.

The court heard he became “upset and emotional” and repeatedly hit his head on a table.

Annalise bled to death in minutes, the court was told.