A Blairgowrie college lecturer convicted of trying to kill her husband in the USA is likely to appeal the verdict.
Joanna Findlay (41) was found guilty by a jury of attempted second degree murder and a handgun charge.
According to reports from the US, she could face up to 50 years behind bars after shooting Gary Trogdon at the couple’s Maryland home.
Findlay, a former Dundee College and Aberdeen University student who still has family in the Perthshire town, was ”shocked and devastated” by the trial result, her lawyer said.
John Ray confirmed his client is likely to appeal, adding: ”She pulled out the gun because that man was attacking her. She punched him in the nose and bit him on the arm and shot into the ground and that made him stop.
”The jury then decided that he had killed himself. They accepted the evidence of our pathologist who said it was a suicide wound.
”Her maximum penalty is 30 years for attempted murder in the second degree and 20 years for the use of the handgun.
”The sentencing guidelines suggest between three and eight years, but there is a minimum of five years without parole for the use of the handgun. So I think she’s looking at between five and eight years.”
The St Marys County Circuit Court heard the couple began fighting on October 30, after Findlay confronted Mr Trogdon (55) about more than 3,000 indecent images of children she found on his computer.