Rapist who brutally stabbed man to death on doorstep in planned attack jailed for life
A high risk, convicted rapist who brutally murdered a man in a premeditated knife attack was jailed for life today.
The judge said: "You have been assessed as representing a maximum risk of re-offending and as presenting a serious risk of harm to others." The court heard that Wotherspoon has amassed an extensive criminal record involving 33 previous convictions, including for rape in 2006. Wotherspoon, a prisoner at Addiewell jail in West Lothian, admitted assaulting and murdering Mr Hamilton on May 18 last year at Thorndean Avenue, in Bellshill. He followed him into a garden at the address and to the front door, shouted and swore at him, made threats and repeatedly struck him on the head, neck and body with the knife.
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