MR JOHN Dowling, 19, appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court
yesterday accused of raping and strangling 10-year-old Christine Lee.
The attack is alleged to have happened in an area known as the Pond in
Castlemilk, Glasgow, on February 12.
The charge states that Mr Dowling, of Ballantay Road, Castlemilk,
seized hold of Christine, of nearby Machrie Road, pulled her about and
forced her to remove her clothing. It is further alleged he forced her
to the ground and raped and sodomised her. The charge states that he
indecently assaulted her with a piece of wood, compressed her throat
with a ligature or other article meantime unknown, and did murder her.
Mr Dowling's solicitor Mr Paul Burns said later: ''My client made no
plea or declaration and was judicially examined by Sheriff Daphne
Robertson and has been remanded in custody.''
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