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