he spouse of a person accused of homicide has stated her husband’s poor well being means he’s a “strolling lifeless man” and that he has arrange a don’t resuscitate order, a court docket heard.
Rosemary MacDowell was giving proof into the trial of her husband, William MacDowell, on the Excessive Courtroom in Inverness.
The 80-year-old, from Penrith, Cumbria, is accused of murdering his son, three-year-old Andrew MacRae, and the kid’s 36-year-old mom, Renee MacRae, in November 1976.
On Wednesday, Mrs MacDowell, additionally 80, informed defence lawyer Murray Macara KC, about her husband’s well being, together with his poor mobility and the treatment he’s on.
He is truly a strolling lifeless man, and he has a DNR arrange already
“He has a really sick liver, very sick kidneys and his coronary heart is making an attempt very arduous to maintain him alive,” she stated.
“He’s truly a strolling lifeless man, and he has a DNR (don’t resuscitate) arrange already.”
MacDowell is on trial charged with assaulting Mrs MacRae and Andrew on the Dalmagarry layby on the A9 trunk highway south of Inverness, or elsewhere, by means unknown, and consequently murdering them.
He’s additionally charged with disposing of their our bodies and belongings by means unknown.
MacDowell denies all expenses and has lodged a particular defence of incrimination and alibi.
Retired officer Peter Black, 80, informed the court docket of an “agitated” and “unstable” interview within the Nineteen Eighties after Mrs MacDowell was detained on the couple’s former teaching home, the Criminal Inn in Peeblesshire, and brought to the police station in Peebles.
Through the interview, he challenged discrepancies in her story as to when her husband arrived house, which she stated was about 8.30pm. She stated: “Effectively, that will need to have been proper on the time. I didn’t cowl up something.”
And, the court docket heard, when informed that tv programme The Quest completed after 10pm, and this didn’t match with the 8.30pm arrival, Mrs MacDowell didn’t have a proof.
Within the interview, Mrs MacDowell informed the officer: “I don’t know what you might be getting on at me for. I by no means stabbed her or no matter occurred to her.”
The trial, earlier than Lord Armstrong, continues.
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