SNP MP Martin Docherty backs #JusticeForCaroline
West Dunbartonshire MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has backed our #JusticeForCaroline campaign.
West Dunbartonshire MP Martin Docherty-Hughes is on board with our Clyde News Justice for Caroline campaign after the murder has gone unsolved for twenty years.
On the 24th of August 1996 Caroline Glachan was brutally murdered and her body was discovered in the River Leven. The police launched an investigation but they could not pin down who was responsible, and as the years have passed there have been no breakthroughs.
The SNP MP has now declared his support for our Justice for Caroline campaign, and he has committed to lodging an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons on Radio Clyde and Caroline’s family’s behalf.
“Caroline’s memory needs to be given rest along with her family. With such a big anniversary, it’s time to bring this to a conclusion.”
“This is a strong and tight-knit community, and a resilient one that has put up with a lot of unemployment, depravation, upheaval and social change.
“This is could be a reason the case hasn’t been solved, and it could be an idea that people don’t want to talk to the police for various reasons and as their MP I’d encourage them to be a part of Justice for Caroline.
I want to help bring the case to a conclusion, not just for Caroline and her family but for the whole community of the Alexandria area.
“It’s about putting this case to rest, so that on the next anniversary of Caroline’s death we are no longer talking about this and the case is solved.”
“Given that policing is devolved, I’ll be using my powers in the UK parliament with an Early Day Motion, calling on the community to work together with Police Scotland, which will raise the profile of the case and let Caroline’s family know we are taking this seriously.”
You can listen to Martin's interview with our reporter Shiona McCallum here: