A tragic mum died in her sleep after complaining of a pain in her side just weeks after her daughter passed away.
11.05.2023 - 04:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Killer David Yates murdered Marelle Sturrock with a hammer just weeks after his old band released a song called "Hammer of Justice".
Yates, 36, bludgeoned his pregnant partner, 35, to death at their home in Glasgow, also claiming the life of their unborn son, Jayden.
He then killed himself at Mugdock Country Park north of the city.
One of primary school teacher Marelle's friends posted a screenshot from Facebook of the band Nocturne Wulf announcing the release of Hammer of Justice.
She wrote: "There’s a sickening irony to the name of the single his old band released in 2022 and the circumstances of Marelle’s passing."
The song, which was released in November, is available on Spotify and contains the lyrics, "hammer of justice ends all". Other lines from the song include "I raise up my hammer and I smash in his skull" and "the lives I will take by the will of my hand".
As well as releasing the song as a single, the band brought out £15 t-shirts in support of the track. The T-shirts feature a character wielding a sledgehammer, while the back has the words “hammer of justice ends all” in capital letters.
We previously revealed the Lord of The Rings fanatic had nicknamed Marelle after a tragic JRR Tolkien character. As well as calling their dog Sam, after hobbit Samwise Gamgee from the epic adventure stories, he referred to Marelle as his "Luthien".
Luthien is a female elf mentioned in The Lord of The Rings, and was involved in a double death with her partner.
The names Luthien and Beren also appear on the grave of Tolkien and his wife Edith. In a letter to his son Christopher in 1972, Tolkien requested the inscription and said "she was (and knew she was) my Lúthien. I never called Edith Luthien – but she was the source of the
A tragic mum died in her sleep after complaining of a pain in her side just weeks after her daughter passed away.
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