Man admits killing mum and toddler before burying their bodies 'in concrete' at Dundee house
31.01.2023 - 16:55
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A murder accused 'killed' a mum and her daughter and concealed their bodies 'in concrete' underneath a kitchen floor, a court heard. Andrew Innes, 52, accepted he caused the deaths of 25-year-old Bennylyn Burke and two-year-old Jellica at a house at the city’s Troon Avenue, Dundee in 2021.
On Tuesday, jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh heard junior prosecution counsel Frankie Morgan read from a statement of evidence which has been agreed between prosecutors and Innes’s legal team as being uncontroversial. The jurors heard Mr Morgan say: “On an occasion between February 20 2021 and March 5 2021, both dates inclusive, at 21 Troon Avenue, Dundee, the accused stabbed Bennylyn Burke.. on the body with a knife and repeatedly struck her on the head with the handle of said knife and a hammer and did thus cause her death.
“On an occasion between February 20 2021 and March 5 2021, both dates inclusive at 21 Troon Avenue, Dundee, the accused asphyxiated Jellica Burke.. and did thus cause her death. Having killed Bennylyn Burke and Jellica Burke the accused wrapped a rubble bag, blanket and tarpaulin around the head and body of Bennylyn Burke and put the naked body of Jellica Burke in rubble bags and concealed both bodies in concrete beneath the kitchen floor at 21 Troon Avenue, Dundee.”
The jury also heard details from a special defence lodged by lawyers acting for Mr Innes. The defence stated that he lacked criminal responsibility for the alleged murders and that his responsibility was diminished. He denies all charges.
However, prosecutors claim that he murdered the two women. The Crown also claims that Mr Innes abducted another girl and held her against her will at his home. He then allegedly raped the girl and forced her to
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