Scotsman Faces Life without Parole for Bulgarian Boy Murder
Crime | June 26, 2012, Tuesday // 08:09| viewsThe 71-year-old Scotsman David Bell Bryson is pictured upon appearing before the Vidin District Court for the murder of 11-year-old Stanislav Mirchev. Photo by Trud Daily
The Prosecutor in the case against 71-year-old Scotsman, David Bell Bryson, who is suspected of the murder of an 11-old-boy in Northwestern Bulgaria, is going to ask for life without parole.
The Deputy District Prosecutor in the northwestern Danube city of Vidin, Vladislav Vlashev, says the murder has been committed in a particularly cruel manner. The charges have been submitted and the first Court session is scheduled for July 10.
Bryson, allegedly, strangled to death the 11-year-old Stanislav Mirchev in the village of Lagoshevtsi close to Vidin There were suspicions that he might have abused the boy sexually but little conclusive evidence has been reported to this end as of yet.
The Scott continues to claim that he killed the boy because he was torturing his dog.
It is expected that the defense counsel will ask for a short procedure and Bryson will plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence to be served in Great Britain.
At the end of January 2012, the Vidin District Court ruled that the Scotsman has to be kept in the arrest for the duration of the investigation.
Bryson told the magistrates then that he was sorry about the crime he committed in a state of uncontrolled anger, and denied raping the child. Even though the defendant and his lawyer requested that the Scotsman be released on bail, the Court decided that he might flee.
Bryson insisted that he could have fled before he was arrested, and even inquired about flights to the UK but never left.
The Scotsman was educated in Germany and worked as an aviation mechanic, according to the local authorities.
After he was arrested and interrogated, the suspect admitted his guilt and shared details that only the culprit would have known with the police. His confessions came after he failed a lie detector test.
The Scotsman settled in the village of Lagoshevtsi four years ago.
Stanislav was declared missing January 4, 2012, after he went to bring food to a relative, and never came back, and was later found dead near Lagoshevtsi where he lived in together with his big and poor family.
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