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Apr 8, 2013 · Philip Wade and Colin Coats have been found guilty of abducting, torturing and murdering 27-year-old financial advisor Lynda Spence. Not allowed to visit the toilet, she was forced to sit in...
Apr 8, 2013 · The two men recruited to 'babysit' Lynda between torture sessions, 47 year-old Paul Smith and David Parker, 38, were originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of assault and holding the businesswoman against her will.
Apr 8, 2013 · They found Coats unanimously guilty of murdering Ms Spence, as well as disposing of her body. Wade was also convicted of both charges, but he was cleared of cutting off the missing woman's head.
Apr 8, 2013 · Two men who abducted, tortured and murdered missing businesswoman Lynda Spence have been sentenced to life in prison. Colin Coats, 42, was jailed for a minimum of 33 years at the High Court...
- The Herald Staff
Oct 19, 2021 · A depraved torturer has been given extra jail time after being caught with a mobile phone. Colin Coats is currently serving a life sentence for the kidnap and murder of Glasgow woman Lynda...
Mar 14, 2013 · One of two men cleared of killing Lynda Spence has sobbed as he told a murder trial she was tied to a chair for 13 days and repeatedly tortured. David Parker, 38, and Paul Smith, 47, had pleas...
Mar 16, 2022 · Financial advisor Lynda Spence was 27 when she was last seen in Glasgow in 2011. Two men were jailed for life in 2013 for kidnap, torture and murder - but her body was never found.