THREE men have been found guilty of killing a complete stranger in a frenzied and humiliating attack, leaving him virtually naked and battered on a remote hillside path in freezing snow.
Dean Jamieson, 30, a father of four from Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, was robbed, beaten and stripped before being struck so violently with knives that lumps were chipped from his skull. He was dressed in only a T-shirt and vest in freezing conditions when his body was found on on April 4 this year.
"A grotesque twist of fate" brought him in contact with Colin Cowie, 22, Kevin Leslie, 24, and Shaun Paton, 21, who killed him, the court heard.
The men, described by their victim's mother as "evil personified, " bragged to their families and friends about their actions. Several were so horrified they helped police gather the evidence which brought them to justice.
After a five-week trial, a jury of 12 women and three men yesterday found Cowie and Leslie guilty of the murder of Mr Jamieson and Paton guilty of his culpable homicide. They will be sentenced in Edinburgh on December 19.
Mr Jamieson spent the day on which he died drinking in Aberdeen city centre. He became so drunk that some bars refused to serve him. The last sighting before he was bundled into a car was at 10pm.
In the car a knife was held to his throat and he was robbed of his watch, wristband, ring, tobacco and money. He was then driven to a car park on the B944 road near Elrick, forced out of the car and told to strip before being kicked, punched and stabbed. He was left in the snow where he died of hypothermia and blood loss.
Last night his mother Jo Jamieson, 50, told a press conference that his youngest son asks every night when his dad will "come alive again" and says he wants him back for Christmas. Mr Jamieson's wife Carol, 34, was overcome with emotion and had to leave the press conference.
Detective Superintendent Alan Smith of Grampian Police, who led the investigation, said: "That poor man was subjected to a frenzied, relentless attack, which was as humiliating and degrading as it was violent."
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