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Claire Inglis suffered 76 injuries in the fatal attack

By Mary McCool & Sarah McMullan

BBC Scotland news

Social services raised concerns about a violent offender weeks before he was deemed fit for bail and went on to murder his girlfriend.

Christopher McGowan also tortured Claire Inglis while living at her flat in Stirling on 28 November 2021.

Documents seen by the BBC show social workers flagged the case in September and tried to visit the property three days before the killing.

The council said reports on McGowan were not requested by the courts.

On 28 November, McGowan beat and strangled Claire before burning her with a lighter and pushing a wet wipe down her throat. She had a total of 76 injuries.

They had been together for eight weeks.

McGowan was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years for the murder, which was described as being "beyond sadistic" by the judge.

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