COMMENT

A murderer who tried to kill a woman walking her dog while he was on home leave from prison has been given a second life sentence.

Linda Mcdonald, 52, feared she was going to die when Robbie Mcintosh battered her with a dumbbell as she walked through Templeton Woods in Dundee last August.

The killer was previously jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years in 2002 for murdering Anne Nicoll as she walked her dog on Dundee Law on 2 August, 2001, stabbing her repeatedly.

Mcintosh, 32, was out from Castle Huntly prison on a week of home leave ahead of a parole board hearing when he attacked Mrs Mcdonald on 7 August, 2017.

Lord Arthurson imposed an Order for Lifelong Restriction on Mcintosh when he appeared at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday, meaning he will be imprisoned for an indeterminate period and could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

He must serve a minimum

“Throughout the attack, which was undoubtedly a murderous one, you remained impervious to her pleas for mercy”

LORD ARTHURSON