Her Majesty's Advocate v Trevor Muirhead and Neil McKenzie was a criminal trial of two men at the Glasgow
High Court.
They were charged with sending parcel bombs to several people associated with Celtic F.C., including their manager
Neil Lennon, former MSP
Trish Godman
Patricia Godman (née Leonard; 31 October 1939 – 21 July 2019) was a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2011. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for ...
, senior lawyer
Paul McBride
Paul McBride QC (13 November 1964 – 4 March 2012) was a Scottish criminal lawyer based in Edinburgh. He was a board member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board, and a former vice chairman of the Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association. He ...
and
Cairde na hÉireann, an Irish republican group.
The trial started on 27 February 2012. Witnesses included two postal workers who spotted suspicious packages, and a police officer.
Paul McBride, who was due to appear as a witness, died suddenly on 4 March. On 5 March the judge suspended the trial for one day as a mark of respect.
On 29 March the charges against the accused were reduced from conspiracy to murder to conspiracy to assault.
On 30 March both accused were found guilty of most of the charges against them. They had been in custody since May 2011, and in April were both sentenced to 5 years in prison.
[''The Guardian'' 27 April 2012]
See also
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Trial by jury in Scotland
External links
BBC report{{reflist
High Court of Justiciary cases
2011 in Scotland
2011 crimes in the United Kingdom
2012 in Scotland
2012 in United Kingdom case law