'I have been tortured by my mother's murder for years'

NEW BOOK ON HARROWING CRIME

- By Jane Hamilton

THE daughter of a woman murdered in her Glasgow flat more than 36 years ago has revealed she spent years believing members of her own family were involved - and said she may never know the full truth.

Gina McGavin, whose mother Mary McLaughlin, 58, was found dead in her Partick home in 1984, said: "I've been tortured by thoughts that a close member of my family knew more about my mother's murder than they ever let on."

Mary's murder was unsolved for more than 30 years until a DNA breakthrough led detectives to the murderer.

But Gina says the official version of events doesn't answer all her questions and key people who might have shed light on what happened are dead.

Gina is telling her story in a new book out tomorrow - not just about the crime, but about the emotional wreckage it left behind.

In My Mother's Murder she reveals her suspicions about who might have been involved.