Murder convict challenges car auction plan

A man convicted of murdering his lover has challenged police plans to auction off the car which was allegedly used to dispose of her body.

David Gilroy, 52, was jailed for life in 2012 for murdering his former colleague Suzanne Pulley.

Gilroy’s sentencing was the first time TV cameras were allowed in a Scottish court but he has continued to protest his innocence ever since. Miss Pilley’s body has never been found and there was no DNA or forensic evidence in the car or elsewhere linking Gilroy to the crime.

It has never been definitively proven that the 38-year-old bookkeeper died at all, but key evidence at the trial related to the silver Vauxhall Vectra.

Police Scotland has written to Gilroy in Perth Prison to tell him that if he does not wish to collect the Vectra, it will be disposed of by Tuesday.

But Gilroy has written to the company currently holding the car – 911 Recovery – arguing Crown Office rules state all evidence used in the trial must be retained safely for the durationofhissentence. Hisfamily believes the car could be crucial in their ongoing battle to prove his innocence.