ICTChris Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Sean Flynn has been found dead in Spain, days after failing to appear in court to face trial for the murder of his mother Louise Tiffoney in 2002. Flynn stood trial previously and was found not guilty but a second trial was ordered after the body of Tiffoney was found in Longniddry in 2017. Under reformed double jeopardy laws second trials are allowed if certain tests are met. I remember the Flynn case when I moved to Edinburgh, it was a very notorious crime. Flynn served several years in prison for causing death by dangerous driving, he crashed his car in West Lothian leading to the deaths of two of his cousins a few months before his mother disappeared and he was due to be sentenced very shortly after she vanished. There was rumours that Flynn had a fraught relationship with his mother, strain driven by his relationship with a much older woman. The BBC story on his death has more details of the evidence to be presented in court https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-59011735 Have any P&Bers ever bumped off a close family member, thought they'd got away with it and then not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Anwar was is Lawyer, so he's guilty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 minute ago, RH33 said: Anwar was is Lawyer, so he's guilty. The only lawyer in Scotland it seems. Taken over from Donald Findlay who took over from Joe Beltrami. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I remember that case and the original trial very well. I couldn't believe the Not Proven verdict at the time. The evidence against him was overwhelming. One would have hoped that Flynn might have had the decency to leave a note admitting his guilt, and apologising to all his mother's family members. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 24 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: The only lawyer in Scotland it seems. Taken over from Donald Findlay who took over from Joe Beltrami. As an aside, Joe Beltrami used to come into my old work a few days a week when I worked in a tea room. Was always quite funny to watch this man who defended some of the worst criminals and hardest gangsters in Scottish criminal history and he would just sit there with a Strawberry Milkshake with extra squirty cream on top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Suspect Device said: The only lawyer in Scotland it seems. Taken over from Donald Findlay who took over from Joe Beltrami. There was Paul McBride QC as well until he went a wee holiday to Pakistan with Anwar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 what happened on said holiday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: what happened on said holiday? What happens in Pakistan, stays in Pakistan! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Except syphilis. That comes back with you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 The Foreign Office said it was supporting the family of a British man who had died in Peniscola What an awful way to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 20 hours ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: The Foreign Office said it was supporting the family of a British man who had died in Peniscola What an awful way to go. *supporting the family which the man hasn’t previously murdered. I found this old article about the case, written before there was any real suspicion on the son. What a tragedy for the daughter. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11960658.the-mystery-of-a-lost-mother-her-errant-son-and-a-child-who-waits-when-louise-tiffney-went-missing-it-was-feared-the-pressure-of-her-sons-appearance-in-court-was-too-much-now-however-the-investigation-has-taken-a-sinister-turn-rebecca-mcquill/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 22/10/2021 at 18:57, Suspect Device said: The only lawyer in Scotland it seems. Taken over from Donald Findlay who took over from Joe Beltrami. Similarly , Frank Lefevre was the only lawyer in Aberdeen back in the day..... “Aye, he’s a great Frunkie , is he ?!” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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