Age: 50
Sex: female
Date: 12 Jan 1983
Place: 141 Brock Road, Pollock, Glasgow
Jean Millar was found in burned-out bonfire in a garden of 141 Brock Road, Pollock by two council workmen on the night of Wednesday 12 January 1983.
A 34-year-old man was tried for her murder but acquitted after the judge directed the jury to find him not guilty because of insufficient evidence. However, he was convicted of assaulting her by punching her and sentenced to 6 months back dated to the time of his arrested, meaning that he could be release the following week.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see "Index." Times [London, England] 13 Jan. 1983: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 31 Mar. 2013.
see Wolverhampton Express and Star - Thursday 13 January 1983
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 14 January 1983
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 13 January 1983
see The Scotsman - Wednesday 04 May 1983
see Daily Record - Friday 06 May 1983
see Daily Record - Saturday 15 January 1983 (photo)
see The Scotsman - Thursday 05 May 1983
see Daily Record - Wednesday 04 May 1983