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The man found guilty of raping and murdering Falkirk schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton is to appeal against his conviction, it has emerged. | The man found guilty of raping and murdering Falkirk schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton is to appeal against his conviction, it has emerged. |
Peter Tobin, 62, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years following a four-week trial at the High Court in Dundee. | Peter Tobin, 62, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years following a four-week trial at the High Court in Dundee. |
He is also serving life for raping and murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk. | He is also serving life for raping and murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk. |
Tobin has lodged a notice with court officials stating that he intends to challenge the guilty verdict. | Tobin has lodged a notice with court officials stating that he intends to challenge the guilty verdict. |
He is also seeking to overturn the judge's sentence, which is one of the highest ever imposed in Scotland. | He is also seeking to overturn the judge's sentence, which is one of the highest ever imposed in Scotland. |
His defence team is not required to state the exact grounds of the appeal until a later date. | His defence team is not required to state the exact grounds of the appeal until a later date. |
'Horrific acts' | |
Vicky was last seen in the West Lothian town of Bathgate after visiting her sister Sharon in Livingston on 10 February, 1991. | |
Her mutilated remains were unearthed from a garden in Margate, in Kent, where Tobin also lived for a time in 1991. | |
During the investigation into the death of Angelika Kluk in September 2006, it emerged that Tobin had lived at 11 Robertson Avenue in Bathgate when Vicky went missing. | |
A subsequent search by police uncovered a knife in the property which had traces of Vicky's skin on it. | |
The High Court in Dundee heard that it was at this address that he drugged, raped and murdered the schoolgirl before cutting her body in two. | |
When sentencing him, trial judge Lord Emslie said: "Abducting and killing a child on her way home from a happy weekend with her sister and then desecrating her body must rank among the most evil and horrific acts that any human being could commit." |
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