“It was an awful case and made a mark on me – not to mention the devastation it caused to the family.”
IT was a murder in the sprawling housing estate of Castlemilk on the South Side of Glasgow that shockedTen-year-old girl Christine Lee had been raped and strangled as she walked the short distance home from her grandmother’s house in Ballantay Road on Monday, February 12, 1990.
“I have told her class that it has happened, and I cannot make it unhappen. I am keeping it low-key to keep panic and hysteria down.’’ Mr Wilson revealed how Christine ran daily messages for her grandmother after school, and on Monday afternoon she had changed into her play clothes and gone to her grandmother’s house as normal.It was while she was on that fateful journey that her killer struck.When Christine failed to return home for her evening meal her mother frantic with worry called other relatives to see if she was with them.
Her body was barely 300 yards from her grandmother’s house, but police said the Pond was on a slight deviation from her normal route.Because of the cold, it was not possible for the pathologist to determine the exact time of death. Mr Lee, 38, and his former wife Christine, 33, both fought back tears – united together in their grief.
“People with any information should come forward to the police and let them know. It would maybe give us a bit of peace.’’ They were working on the basis that the man was local as anyone from outside the area would have stood out. It was revealed in court that he had grabbed the 10-year-old off the street before raping and killing her and dumping her lifeless body there.
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