‘Evil’ builder jailed for rape and murder of his neice

for two months in 2016 at the same site.

Robert Mcphee, whose age was given as either 69 or 66, was also found guilty of repeatedly punching Brian Mcewen and forcing him to eat a jar of coffee granules.

He was also convicted of abducting James Keith and detaining him against his will.

His son, Steven Mcphee, 37, pleaded guilty earlier in the trial to a charge of assaulting Mr Keith.

Another of Robert Mcphee’s sons, James, was also found guilty of attacks on Mr Keith.

The 45-year-old was also convicted of a eight-year campaign of violence against John Anderson, including punching and kicking him and hitting him with a pick axe handle.

He was also found guilty of making Mr Anderson fight with other men.

In 1999, Mr Anderson escaped to Paisley but James Mcphee tracked him down and forced him to return to the traveller site at Bathgate where they were living at the time.

On another occasion Mr Anderson escaped to Cambridge but James Mcphee once again tracked him down and hauled him back to Scotland.

Another man lived in a caravan with no water or toilet, before being told he was “owned” by the family.

One petrified worker was left “cowering like a dog” due to the abuse.

Another who fled was told he had a £5,000 bounty on his head and would be “skinned” with a razor unless he returned.

Robert Mcphee and his son James were convicted of numerous other charges of assault to severe injury, abduction and holding people against their will, taking place over two decades.

The gang had denied the charges, claiming they were picked on by “overzealous” police and had shown kindness towards workers. An “evil” builder has been jailed for at least 40 years for abducting, raping and cutting the throats of two young women, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Mujahid Arshid, 33, hatched his murderous plot after becoming fixated with his 20-year-old niece, Celine Dookhran, and the surviving victim, who cannot be identified.

In July, he attacked them at a house he was renovating in south-west London, and stuffed Ms Dookhran’s body in a freezer.

Arshid was was found guilty of kidnap, murder, attempted murder, rape of both women and sexually assaulting the surviving victim when she was 13.

As he was convicted, Ms Dookhran’s family shouted: “Yes”.