§ Mr. Galbraithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the motive in each of the 15 cases of murder which took place in Glasgow in 1965 not involving a relationship between the person murdered and the murderer; and what penalty was imposed on the guilty party.
§ Mr. RossOf the 15 cases recorded as murder, one is still unsolved, in one case the charge was reduced to assault, three cases resulted in acquittals, and in one case the accused was found unfit to plead to the charge.
In the remaining nine cases 15 persons were convicted, of these, 10 were sentenced to imprisonment for life and five, being under 18, were ordered to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.
It is impossible to make any definite statements regarding the motives in these nine cases. In one case theft may have been a motive. In five cases the murder appears to have resulted from a fight or quarrel.