Murderer and rapist avoids assault charge
Evil killer won’t face trial, Crown Office confirm
A sex predator who was jailed for at least 18 years for the rape and murder of a mumof-two has avoided being prosecuted for an unrelated separate matter.
Monster David Hose, 30, won’t face trial for an alleged attack on a man in Ayr’s Davidson Place.
Last month, we told how Hose preyed on vulnerable Kirsty Robertson at her property in Ayr in the early hours of October 20, 2019.
The 29-year-old mumof-two was discovered that morning lying naked on a couch by neighbours, in her home in the town’s Fulshaw Place.
Hose was found guilty of the
rape and murder of Kirsty after a trial and was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow but his picture could not be published at the time for legal reasons as he had the outstanding assault charge . Prosecutors revealed
how Hose pressed Kirsty’s neck and forced her head into a couch, leaving her face down causing her breathing to be restricted. Judge Simon Collins QC jailed Hose for life.
But in a separate development, Hose also faced prosecution for allegedly throwing another man against a mirror and causing his alleged victim to sustain permanent facial injuries.
It was alleged Hose committed the offence on May 8, 2018, at a property in Davidson Place, Ayr. It was claimed Hose assaulted his victim, acted in an “aggressive manner,” seized hold of the man’s clothing, struggled with him and threw him towards a mirror, causing him to strike it, fall to the ground and sustain a “severe injury and permanent disfigurement.”
The case was due to be heard at Ayr Sheriff Court last Friday but it didn’t call.
And a spokesperson for the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service confirmed that “no further proceedings” will be taken against Hose in relation to that matter.
It now means media outlets can legally publish the murderer and rapist’s picture.
The spokesperson said: “The Crown has a duty to keep cases under review and after full and careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, the procurator fiscal decided that there should be no further proceedings taken [against Hose] at this time.
“We reserve the right to take action in the future.”
At his trial over the rape and murder of Kirsty, prosecutors said Hose took advantage of the mum who was described as “intoxicated, unconscious and incapable of giving consent.”
Afterwards, devastated friends of Kirsty told of their relief after ‘evil’ Hose was convicted.