Disabled Kirkcaldy woman guilty of murder

A disabled woman from Kirkcaldy has been found guilty of murder by stabbing a friend to death.

Tammy Hoggan who has cerebral palsy fatally knifed Leslie Carrington, 48, at a flat in Melrose Crescent in the town in December 2013.

Hoggan, 29, denied murder during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

But a jury heard she told five different police officers she had attacked Mr Carrington.

Hoggan who wept after being found guilty today now faces a life sentence when she returns to the dock next month.

Judge John Morris QC who described the trial as a “most distressing case” deferred sentencing for reports.

For more on this story, see Saturday’s Courier.