Angelika Kluk murder case

The Angelika Kluk murder case was a criminal trial that took place at the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, between March 23 and May 4, 2007. [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Timeline: Angelika murder case | work = | pages = | language = English | publisher = BBC | date = 2007-04-07 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6606987.stm | accessdate = 2007-08-04 .]

The result of the trial was that the defendant Peter Tobin was found guilty of raping and murdering Angelika Kluk, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 21 years. In sentencing Tobin, Judge Lord Menzies described him as "an evil man". [cite news
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In September 2006, Peter Tobin was working as a church handyman in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Anderston, Glasgow. He had assumed the name "Pat McLaughlin" to avoid detection by police and probation officials as he was still on the sex offenders register following his 1994 rape and assault of two teenage girls in Hampshire.

Angelika Kluk (1983-2006) was a Polish languages student on a working vacation in Glasgow, who was last seen in the company of Tobin. She was beaten, raped, and stabbed, then concealed in a void beneath the floor near the confessional box in St. Patrick's Church. She had been missing for several days when police found her body on 29 September 2006. Tobin was arrested shortly after. [cite news
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The six-week trial resulted from the evidence gathered under the supervision of Detective Superintendent David Swindle of Strathclyde Police and took place at the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, between March 23 and May 4, 2007. [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Timeline: Angelika murder case | work = | pages = | language = English | publisher = BBC | date = 2007-04-07 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6606987.stm | accessdate = 2007-08-04 .]

The trial judge was Lord Menzies; the prosecution was led by Advocate Depute Dorthy Bain, and the defence by Donald Findlay QC. [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Key figures in Angelika Kluk trial | work = | pages = | language = English | publisher = BBC | date = 2007-04-07 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6607035.stm | accessdate = 2007-08-04 .] Tobin denied raping and murdering Ms Kluk and claimed she had consented to having sex with him.

During the trial, former parish priest Father Gerry Nugent repeatedly changed his story, evading questions about his relationship with Ms Kluk and how he had come to know the location of her body. Father Nugent was eventually found guilty of contempt of court by prevarication, and sentenced to one hundred hours of community service and one year of probation. [cite news
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References

ee also

*Scots law
**Courts of Scotland
**High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh
**Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
*Strathclyde Police