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12.10.2022 - 14:52 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man accused of murdering a mother and her two-year-old daughter could have acted with diminished responsibility, his legal team claimed today. Andrew Innes allegedly killed Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her child Jellica Burke at a house in Troon Avenue, Dundee between February 20 and March 5, 2021.
Prosecutors claim the 51-year-old then hid the bodies under the kitchen floor of the property, with a further accusation that he also raped a seven-year-old girl. A previous hearing was told a number of psychiatric and psychological investigations had been carried out on Innes since the previous hearing last September.
The case called today at the High Court in Glasgow. The hearing was told by Brian McConnachie that the trial judge can decide to remove the defence that Innes did not appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions due to a mental disorder.
The defence advocate told the hearing: "The view is that you should just effectively see how the evidence unfolds... once the evidence is heard."
Judge Lord Beckett later asked if there was an expectation there would be a basis for diminished responsibility. Mr McConnachie replied: "Depending on how the evidence comes out. On paper there could be evidence or there could be a basis for responsibility.
The judge asked prosecutor Alex Prentice KC for his response. He said: "The Crown say there is not a proper basis for it."
Lord Beckett continued the matter to trial due to begin on January 30 next year in Edinburgh. Mr Prentice told a hearing that he anticipated calling around 14 witnesses for a trial which could last eight days.
It is claimed Innes stabbed Bennylyn on the body with a knife, as well as repeatedly striking her on the head with a hammer and the handle of the blade. The
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