Reign of terror: 1977 - 1978
Motive: To conceal his lucrative crimes.
Crimes:
|
Date |
Victim |
Relationship to Hall |
Crime |
Method |
Place buried |
| - | David Wright | His ex-lover | Murder | Shot in the back of the head | Kirkleton, Dumfriesshire |
| 8/12/77 | Dorothy Scott-Elliot | Wife of his employer | Murder | Suffocated with a pillow | Comrie |
| 12/12/77 | Walter Scott-Elliot MP | His employer | Murder | Tried to strangle him, but eventually hit over the head with a spade | Glen Affric |
| 13/12/77 | Mary Coggle | His accomplice | Murder | Battered with a poker and suffocated with a plastic bag | A river in Middlebie, near Lockerbie |
| 14/1/78 | Donald Hall | His brother | Murder | Chloroformed and drowned in a bath | - |
Sentence: In Scotland, for the murder of Walter
Scott-Elliot and David Wright, Hall got a minimum of 15 years imprisonment, whilst Michael Kitto, his
accomplice got no time limit to his imprisonment.
In England, Kitto got 15 years imprisonment, whilst Hall got life, with a recommendation that he
never be released.
Interesting facts: When Hall and Kitto were caught, the body of Donald Hall was still in the boot of their car. Hall escaped through a toilet window. When he was recaptured, he tried to commit suicide twice using secret stashes of barbiturate tablets that he had hidden up his rectum.
To Kill and Kill Again (True Crime Library) by Roy Archibald Hall
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