Arrest 35 years after west end death

Published 5th Dec 2019
Last updated 5th Dec 2019

35 years after Mary McLaughlin was last seen alive in the west end of Glasgow police have arrested and charged a man.

The 58 year old, who lived on Laurel Street in Partick, was found dead six days after she left a bar in Hyndland in September 1984.

An man who's also 58 is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court today after police reopened the investigation.

Detective Chief Inspector Suzanne Chow, of Police Scotland's Homicide Governance Review team, said: "Undetected and unresolved homicides in Scotland are never closed and the families of victims are never forgotten.

"Our Homicide Governance Review team keep every undetected and unresolved case under review, and will continue to investigate any new information or lines of enquiry which come to light."