The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Murder inquiry after grandad stabbed to death in street.
Residents heard man say ‘I’ll take your life’ during disturbance in early hours
Police launched a murder investigation after a Dundee man was stabbed at the foot of Dundee Law early yesterday morning.
The 44-year-old victim, named as Gary McMillan, is understood to have been stabbed in Lawton Terrace shortly after 2am.
Emergency services arrived at the location around 3am.
A police investigation is now under way to establish the circumstances surrounding Mr McMillan’s death.
Police sealed off Lawton Terrace and part of Lawton Road, where a blue tent was put up next to a Dundee City Council van.
Shortly before 10am yesterday two distressed women, believed to be Mr McMillan’s daughters, ran to the police cordon and were spoken to by officers in a car.
The crime shocked residents of nearby Byron Street, many of whom said they heard shouts, including a male voice saying “I’ll take your life” at around the time of the attack.
Another said she saw two men and a woman – and that one of the men shouted “I’ve killed him.”
Wendy Ross 52, of Byron Street, said she had been woken by shouting around 2am.
She said: “I looked out and saw two men and a girl.
“One of the men shouted ‘You’ll be happy now, I killed him, I’ll be coming for you next’.”
Ms Ross added that one of the men had shouted he was a “warrior”.
Fellow Byron Street resident Ian Duncan said: “I heard a lot of shouting and screaming. It sounded like people arguing and was getting louder and louder.
“There’s never been a murder here before. I heard one man say ‘I’ll kill you’ and heard him say something like ‘I’ll take your life’.
“I thought it was maybe people just drunk, that they were maybe on their way home from a party but it got really bad.”
One woman, who asked not to be named, said she had heard the argument before going to bed.
She got up when she heard a loud “skidding noise” a short time later and saw the street filled with police.
“There must have been about seven police cars. They let dogs out and they went running off down Byron Street.”
The woman said she had known Mr McMillan and described him as a “nice man” who lived alone in Lawton Terrace with his dog.
Detective Inspector Ged Fitzpatrick of Police Scotland’s major investigation team said: “A major police investigation has been launched and I would like to reassure the community that all efforts are under way to trace the person responsible.
“We would appeal to anyone who may have been in the area at or around this time to contact police.
“There will be a visible police presence in the area while we continue with inquiries into the incident.”
Police refused to say whether anyone had been detained in connection with Mr McMillan’s murder yesterday.
Anyone with any information that may be useful is asked to contact Tayside Division on 101 or speak to any police officer.
Alternatively information can be passed anonymously via the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.