Security guard jailed for murder

A security guard was yesterday jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering a delegate at an HIV conference by battering her with a fire extinguisher.

Clive Carter, 35, from Motherwell, smashed 42year-old Khanokporn Satjawat repeatedly over the head and face with the appliance in a rage because she complained about him checking her security pass at the SECC in Glasgow on November 12 last year.

Every bone on the left side of her face and neck was broken and her skull was shattered into pieces. She died from blunt force trauma.

Miss Satjawat also had defensive injuries to her left hand caused as she tried to fend off blows.

The defenceless delegate was killed by the manprosecutor John Scullion described as “being paid to ensure she was safe”.

Father-of-three Carter admitted killing jawat, but denied murder, claiming he had no memory of the incident. He said his next memory was of eating sandwiches for his lunch.

His lawyers, who urged the jury to find him guilty of culpable homicide, also claimed he had a personality disorder which diminished his ability to control his actions.

Jurors at the High Court in Glasgow rejected his excuses and yesterday found him guilty of murder.

Lord Matthews told Carter hemustserve aminimumof20years beforebeing eligible for parole.