Murder of Arlene Fraser
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Arlene Fraser was a 33-year-old woman from Elgin
in Moray
, Scotland
, who disappeared on 28 April 1998 after her two children went off to school. Although her body was never found, the case has been treated as a murder
and is currently unsolved. Her husband Nat Fraser was suspected of killing her and was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison. Two other suspects, Hector Dick and Glenn Lucas, were dismissed from the trial as not guilty. In May 2011 Nat Fraser's conviction was overturned pending a retrial after his trial was ruled unfair in Fraser v HM Advocate
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Arlene Fraser was known to have suffered from Crohn's disease
, and people involved in the case were said to have been consumers of illegal drugs.
A book about the case, Murdered or Missing?: The Arlene Fraser Case authored by Reg McKay and suspect Glenn Lucas, was published in 2005. The case also attracted significant media attention for a number of years as the trial continued.
Elgin, Moray
Elgin is a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190...
in Moray
Moray
Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, who disappeared on 28 April 1998 after her two children went off to school. Although her body was never found, the case has been treated as a murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
and is currently unsolved. Her husband Nat Fraser was suspected of killing her and was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison. Two other suspects, Hector Dick and Glenn Lucas, were dismissed from the trial as not guilty. In May 2011 Nat Fraser's conviction was overturned pending a retrial after his trial was ruled unfair in Fraser v HM Advocate
Fraser v HM Advocate
Fraser v Her Majesty's Advocate [2011] UKSC 24 is a controversial decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom relating to the effect of non-disclosure of evidence to the defence at trial and the role of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Scots criminal law.-Background and trial:On...
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Arlene Fraser was known to have suffered from Crohn's disease
Crohn's disease
Crohn's disease, also known as regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms...
, and people involved in the case were said to have been consumers of illegal drugs.
A book about the case, Murdered or Missing?: The Arlene Fraser Case authored by Reg McKay and suspect Glenn Lucas, was published in 2005. The case also attracted significant media attention for a number of years as the trial continued.
More sources
- News results for Arlene Fraser at The ScotsmanThe ScotsmanThe Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
newspaper website. - Timeline of the case at BBC NewsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
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