DESCRIPTION:
It was cold and damp on the banks of Loch Lomond on the morning of December 6th 1999. Specialist officers from an underwater search unit of Central Scotland Police were preparing to take part in a training exercise in the highland lake northwest of Glasgow. Loch Lomond is the largest lake by surface area in Great Britain, spanning 22 miles between Central Scotland and the Highlands. The deep water at Rowardennan Pier reflected the sloping green hills surrounding the lake, but as divers went beneath the surface, they made a horrifying discovery…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, audio editing assistance, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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Altered Fate by Cody Martin
Azure by Alice in Winter
Bamburgh by Stephen Keech
Revenant by Clark Walker
Call Of Kingship by Cody Martin
Defender Trials by Cody Martin
Etheria by Cody Martin
Forbidden Wing by Cody Martin
Playing Games by Cody Martin
Sabotage by Cody Martin
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel
Gravity by Caleb Etheridge
Deceptive Cadence by JCar
Penitence by JCar
Cocoon Of Light by Phillip Mount
Steadfast by Moments
Shifter by Wicked Cinema
The Rite by Wicked Cinema
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REFERENCES:
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=9c9f8aa6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/docx/?library=ECHR&id=001-114250&filename=CASE%20OF%20BEGGS%20v.%20THE%20UNITED%20KINGDOM.docx&logEvent=False
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2023csoh83.pdf?sfvrsn=51487baa_1
NEWSBANK
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), January 10, 2000
Daily Mail (London, England), February 29, 2000
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), February 29, 2000
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), March 1, 2000
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), March 1, 2000
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 19, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 20, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), September 20, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 22, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), September 22, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 26, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 27, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), September 27, 2001
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), September 28, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 28, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), September 28, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 29, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), September 29, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 4, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), October 4, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 5, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), October 5, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 6, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 9, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), October 9, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), October 10, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 11, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 12, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 13, 2001
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 14, 2001
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), October 15, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 15, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), October 16, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 17, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 18, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), October 18, 2001
Scotland on Sunday (Scotland), October 21, 2001
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 21, 2001
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), November 1, 2001
Scotland on Sunday (Scotland), November 18, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), November 24, 2001
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), May 17, 2002
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), July 10, 2002
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), December 13, 2002
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 2, 2003
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), April 13, 2003
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), September 28, 2003
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 1, 2004
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), March 16, 2005
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), November 26, 2005
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 8, 2006
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 15, 2006
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), April 5, 2006
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), May 24, 2007
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 21, 2007
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 30, 2009
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), March 10, 2010
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), May 28, 2010
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 1, 2010
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 8, 2010
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), December 23, 2010
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), January 13, 2011
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), August 20, 2011
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), September 21, 2011
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 15, 2011
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), August 10, 2012
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), November 7, 2012
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), June 30, 2013
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 25, 2013
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), April 10, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), April 17, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), July 22, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), August 20, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), August 24, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), June 25, 2018
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), July 12, 2019
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), August 9, 2019
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 14, 2020
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), May 19, 2022
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), November 19, 2023
MailOnline (London, England), December 23, 2023.
ONLINE ARTICLES
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1569334.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1593920.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1593493.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1595305.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1594069.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0x24zgne3po
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33610826
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36528499
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25828605
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20229963
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13376676
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4876482.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2118762.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1594069.stm
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LIMBS+IN+THE+LOCH%3A+GAY+RIPPER+CAGED%3A+A+strange+schoolboy%2C+%27Ian%27+grew...-a079100333
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1595854
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TEARS+OF+HORROR%3B+Jury+see+Barry%27s+severed+head+on+beach+Limbs+In+The...-a078759597
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-mail-on-sunday/20190825/281921659706206
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/13/highereducation.education1
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12142978.jury-told-how-dog-walker-found-severed-head-on-sands-distress-in-court-as-close-up-picture-shown/
https://www.scotsman.com/news/father-tells-how-he-had-to-identify-sons-severed-head-2467058
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23637973.true-crime-william-beggs-limbs-loch-killer/