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Pair jailed for 'horrific' murder | Pair jailed for 'horrific' murder |
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Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of a father-of-two who was set on fire during a "horrific" attack. | Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of a father-of-two who was set on fire during a "horrific" attack. |
Friends Bryan Boyle, 18, and Greig Maddock, 21, put newspapers in the pockets of Brian Bowie, 35, and set him alight while he was still alive. | Friends Bryan Boyle, 18, and Greig Maddock, 21, put newspapers in the pockets of Brian Bowie, 35, and set him alight while he was still alive. |
Mr Bowie, who was also kicked and stamped on while he lay on the ground, died from his injuries five days later. | Mr Bowie, who was also kicked and stamped on while he lay on the ground, died from his injuries five days later. |
Boyle was jailed for a minimum of 15 years and Maddock for at least 12 years at the High Court in Glasgow. | Boyle was jailed for a minimum of 15 years and Maddock for at least 12 years at the High Court in Glasgow. |
The pair had previously been found guilty of murdering Mr Bowie. | The pair had previously been found guilty of murdering Mr Bowie. |
The court was told Mr Bowie, from Dunfermline, had been attacked with a bottle and repeatedly hit on the head with the weapon. | The court was told Mr Bowie, from Dunfermline, had been attacked with a bottle and repeatedly hit on the head with the weapon. |
He was dragged from a flat in the town by his attackers as Boyle, who had been sniffing gas, kicked and stamped on him. | |
These two are monsters and they shouldn't be allowed out. This is not justice. James BowieBrother of victim | These two are monsters and they shouldn't be allowed out. This is not justice. James BowieBrother of victim |
The victim was knifed in the thigh, leaving a deep wound that damaged a major vein, and was subjected to a further beating before being set alight after Maddock poured lighter fluid over him. | |
Mr Bowie was murdered on the night he was due to attend his brother James's 40th birthday party. | |
The married man, who had daughters aged 13 and 17, was later found by youngsters who heard moaning sounds and found the blackened victim lying on a smouldering pile of pornographic magazines, clothing and other items outside the flats in Inchkeith Drive. | The married man, who had daughters aged 13 and 17, was later found by youngsters who heard moaning sounds and found the blackened victim lying on a smouldering pile of pornographic magazines, clothing and other items outside the flats in Inchkeith Drive. |
Passing sentence, temporary judge Roger Craik QC told the accused: "This was an appalling course of action. You decided to set fire to your victim while he was still alive, causing horrific injuries from which he died days later." | Passing sentence, temporary judge Roger Craik QC told the accused: "This was an appalling course of action. You decided to set fire to your victim while he was still alive, causing horrific injuries from which he died days later." |
Outside court, members of Mr Bowie's family said the sentences were "too lenient". | Outside court, members of Mr Bowie's family said the sentences were "too lenient". |
Buckfast bottle | Buckfast bottle |
His brother James said: "What they did to my brother was appalling. When I went to visit him in hospital I didn't recognise him. | |
"He was attacked and then newspapers put in his pockets and set alight. These two are monsters and they shouldn't be allowed out. This is not justice. | "He was attacked and then newspapers put in his pockets and set alight. These two are monsters and they shouldn't be allowed out. This is not justice. |
"Brian's wife has lost her husband and his daughters have lost their dad. We have lost a lovely brother and son and those two who killed him will still be fairly young when they get out. I'm raging about that." | "Brian's wife has lost her husband and his daughters have lost their dad. We have lost a lovely brother and son and those two who killed him will still be fairly young when they get out. I'm raging about that." |
The court heard that Mr Bowie had been in Boyle's flat for a drink and had been making fun of him about his habit of sniffing gas. | The court heard that Mr Bowie had been in Boyle's flat for a drink and had been making fun of him about his habit of sniffing gas. |
Boyle picked up a tonic wine bottle and repeatedly hit Mr Boyle with it before stamping on his head with his boots. | |
Mr Bowie's skull was fractured in the attack | Mr Bowie's skull was fractured in the attack |
When Maddock turned up at Boyle's flat, Mr Bowie was dumped outside and then the pair decided to burn him. | |
Mr Bowie suffered 32% full thickness skin burns over his body as well as serious head wounds, including a fractured skull and brain injury. | Mr Bowie suffered 32% full thickness skin burns over his body as well as serious head wounds, including a fractured skull and brain injury. |
Doctors amputated an arm in a vain bid to save him, but he died in St John's Hospital, Livingston, five days after the attack. | Doctors amputated an arm in a vain bid to save him, but he died in St John's Hospital, Livingston, five days after the attack. |
Boyle, of Inchkeith Drive, Dunfermline, and Maddock, from Glenrothes, had denied murdering Mr Bowie in the attack on 14 October last year. | Boyle, of Inchkeith Drive, Dunfermline, and Maddock, from Glenrothes, had denied murdering Mr Bowie in the attack on 14 October last year. |
The pair, who both have previous convictions for assault, were on probation when they committed the murder. | The pair, who both have previous convictions for assault, were on probation when they committed the murder. |
After leaving Mr Bowie burning, the killers went by train to Glenrothes, where police detained them the following day. | |
During the journey Maddock had phoned police to make a complaint about a bottle of vodka which had been confiscated by officers earlier that day. | During the journey Maddock had phoned police to make a complaint about a bottle of vodka which had been confiscated by officers earlier that day. |
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