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Keiryn Nisbet guilty of murdering OAP Robert Simpson | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A man who killed a pensioner in his own home in West Lothian has been found guilty of murder. | |
Keiryn Nisbet had denied killing Robert Simpson, known as Ronnie, in Mayfield Drive, Armadale, on 6 October 2012. | Keiryn Nisbet had denied killing Robert Simpson, known as Ronnie, in Mayfield Drive, Armadale, on 6 October 2012. |
The 22-year-old was unknown to the 67-year-old and carried out the attack after being thrown out of a nearby pub. | |
The High Court in Edinburgh heard Nisbet entered Mr Simpson's flat and repeatedly punched, kicked and stamped on his head and body. | |
He also struck Mr Simpson on the head with a blunt instrument and dragged him across the floor of his house. | |
Nisbet then sent a message to a friend on Facebook saying he had attacked a man but could not fully remember what he had done. | |
The court heard how Nisbet, from Armadale, had spent the hours leading up to his attack drinking in the Blether Inn pub in the town. | |
He had been thrown out of the pub for being too drunk and for allegedly assaulting a barmaid. | |
He then made his way to Mr Simpson's house and attacked him. | |
During the trial, one of Mr Simpson's neighbours told the court he had heard "an old man squealing" inside the victim's house on the night Mr Simpson died. | |
'Wardrobe dropped' | |
Allan Wilson, 25, told the court he made a 999 call after he heard an argument and the sound of a "wardrobe being dropped." | |
The jury heard a recording of Mr Wilson's call in which he told the operator he could hear "banging doors" and "smashing every two minutes" from Mr Simpson's home. | |
The witness told the court there was a "scuffle in the living room which went right through to the bedroom." | |
Forensic scientists found blood from Nisbet on the bedroom wall of his Mr Simpson's house. | |
Det Ch Insp Robert Cowper, of Police Scotland, said: "While nothing can undo the pain and suffering Mr Simpson's loss has had on his family and the impact in the local community, I hope that today's verdict can allow the family to move forward from this ordeal. | Det Ch Insp Robert Cowper, of Police Scotland, said: "While nothing can undo the pain and suffering Mr Simpson's loss has had on his family and the impact in the local community, I hope that today's verdict can allow the family to move forward from this ordeal. |
"Mr Simpson was a well-known local and the attack within his own home was a callous act, which Keiryn Nisbet has never offered any explanation for." | "Mr Simpson was a well-known local and the attack within his own home was a callous act, which Keiryn Nisbet has never offered any explanation for." |
Nisbet will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday 11 October. |
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