Infamous Scots. Gordon Hay.

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It was on the 7 August 1967 the the body of 15-year-old Linda Peacock was discovered on. It was just the day before that she had gone missing from her home in Biggar, Scotland. She had been strangled and then her body left in a cemetary near her home. There was no evidence to suggest that she had been raped but she had been attacked and there were teethmarks on her right breast.It seemed to the police that the killer had left behind a clue that may help them. They took photographs of the bite-marks and sent them to John Furness, a lecturer in Forensic Dentistry at the Police Training School in Liverpool. After studying the photos he maintained that it would be possible to match the marks to the assailant, once he was found.The police visited a local school for problem teenage boys. After questioning a number of boys suspicion soon fell on one in particular. He was called Gordon Hay and although at first he denied having anything to do with the murder he did agree to have impressions of his teeth taken. Careful elimination led to proving that the teethmarks were made by Hay and he was charged with the girl’s murder.At his trial in 1968 he was found guilty and, as he was under eighteen years of age and therefore could not be sentenced to life imprisonment he was sentenced to be detained during Her Majesty’s Pleasure.