When did Thomas Ross Young murder Frances Barker in Glasgow, why did he appeal the conviction and when was his death?
Frances Barker was murdered after being abducted by kerb crawler Thomas Ross Young in 1977 near her home in Maryhill Road, Glasgow
THOMAS Ross Young was jailed for life in 1977 after murdering bakery worker Frances Barker - but claimed he was innocent until his death.
But when did he murder her, why did he appeal, and when did he die? Here's our lowdown...
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When did Thomas Ross Young murder Frances Barker in Glasgow?
Frances Barker was murdered after being abducted by kerb crawler Thomas Ross Young in 1977 near her home in Maryhill Road, Glasgow.
He dumped her body ten miles away in Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
An autopsy revealed that she had been bound, gagged, raped and strangled.
Thomas was later convicted of her murder and jailed for life.
Why did he appeal the conviction?
Thomas Ross Young repeatedly tried to appeal his conviction until his death in 2014.
He claimed that he had nothing to do with her murder, and that another man was responsible.
But cops pointed to hair similar to Frances's in his lorry cab, and his admission that he may have killed her during a blackout.
They also claimed that some of her personal items had been given as gifts to his daughter.
Was Angus Sinclair involved?
Angus Sinclair killed Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, both 17, after targeting them in Edinburgh’s World’s End pub.
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But ITV investigator Mark Williams-Thomas believes that he also had a hand in murdering Frances Baker.
Sinclair lived with his mum on the same street as Frances.
Mark said: “Most of Sinclair’s killings point to a helper being involved, and Frances’s murder bears the unique hallmarks of five others we believe he committed that year.”
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