Father guilty of murdering brother-in-law and stabbing wife in Isle of Skye shooting spree
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Giving evidence during the trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, Mrs MacDonald said the “frenzied” attack in their family home in the village of Tarskavaig, on Skye’s Sleat peninsula, punctured both her lungs and left her “squelching blood” with every breath she took. Lady Drummond said Mrs MacDonald had suffered “devastating” physical and psychological harm, including six weeks in hospital, while Mr MacKenzie also spent six weeks in hospital, including in a critical condition, and needed to have a kidney removed. The court heard MacDonald has been diagnosed with autism, however prosecutor Liam Ewing KC told the jury “he was fully in control of and able to determine his actions”. Mr Ewing told the jury that MacDonald had been able to get into a car with a shotgun and “400 cartridges”, drive to two different houses some miles apart and select his “victims”.
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