Episode 39: Mark Ayton. This week Joannagh tells of the death of Mark Ayton, a 19-year-old killed after a drunken verbal altercation turned violent. We hear details of how the unusual pathology report altered the direction of the case and the effect the incident had on the small community in which it occurred.
Case research by Joannagh Shanks
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise
Sources of research:
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=d34c87a6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/RICH+KIDS+TURNED+KILLERS%3B+Mark+kicked+to+death+by+schoolboy+rivals...-a060676904
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gang-kicked-boy-to-death-because-he-had-an-english-accent-1160642.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/anger-over-release-of-teenager-s-killers-1128339.html
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12297225.teenager-died-because-he-went-to-wrong-school/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/533084.stm
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SENSELESS+KILLING+RIPPED+HEART+OUT+OF+SLEEPY+SUBURB%3B+MIDDLE-CLASS...-a060566584
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/each-school-edinburgh-lothians-fife-16004556
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currie_High_School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balerno_Community_High_School
