:00:15. > :00:18.Tonight on Reporting Scotland. The office affair that ended in murder.
:00:18. > :00:21.David Gilroy killed his former lover at the Edinburgh office where
:00:21. > :00:30.they worked together. Suzanne Pilley's parent's say their
:00:30. > :00:35.daughter has received justice. family, we continued to struggle to
:00:35. > :00:38.come to terms with losing her. We have lost our daughter but her
:00:38. > :00:41.memory lives on in everyone who knew her.
:00:41. > :00:47.It took the jury two days to reach its guilty verdict at the High
:00:47. > :00:50.Court in Edinburgh. Gilroy always denied murder. Police
:00:50. > :00:53.believe he dumped the body somewhere in Argyll but it has
:00:53. > :00:58.never been found. Also on the programme. Growing
:00:58. > :01:01.concern that too few pupils are studying IT at school. Computers
:01:01. > :01:06.have been in our classrooms for 30 years but the industry says its not
:01:06. > :01:10.bringing them enough high-tech staff.
:01:10. > :01:18.Closing bids please. Well have the latest as the deadline looms to
:01:18. > :01:22.Suzanne Pilley was described as popular and close to her parents.
:01:22. > :01:25.She would have celebrated her fortieth birthday this month. But
:01:25. > :01:29.today her former lover David Gilroy was found guilty of her murder.
:01:29. > :01:33.Suzanne disappeared on her way to work in the centre of Edinburgh in
:01:33. > :01:38.May 2010. In a moment we'll have the background on what was a
:01:38. > :01:41.formidable case for police, to prove a murder without a body. But
:01:41. > :01:51.first Laura Bicker reports on the day David Gilroy was brought to
:01:51. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:56.They have waited a couple of years for this day. The family feel they
:01:57. > :02:02.have justice for their daughter. This day has been a long time
:02:02. > :02:06.coming. She has now received the justice she deserves. As a family
:02:06. > :02:13.we continue to struggle to come to terms with losing her. We have lost
:02:13. > :02:17.our daughter but her memory lives on in everyone who knew her.
:02:17. > :02:25.Although the trial has ended hour a raw deal goes on. We hope one day
:02:25. > :02:29.be can lay our daughter to rest. This is the man who murdered the
:02:29. > :02:34.much-loved book keeper. Her lover who could not let her go. Described
:02:34. > :02:43.as obsessive and manipulative. He made no objection as the guilty
:02:43. > :02:49.verdict was read out. He turned to his wife, nor did an MA what it is
:02:49. > :02:56.OK. In a state where the family said they continue to believe he is
:02:56. > :03:06.innocent. The director of I n l where they worked said the
:03:06. > :03:10.
:03:10. > :03:15.revulsion and disgust felt towards David Gilroy could not be discussed.
:03:15. > :03:20.David Gilroy now faces life behind bars. But the torment continues for
:03:20. > :03:23.the family of Suzanne Pilley. They simply want to know where she is
:03:23. > :03:25.buried. For the past two years David Gilroy
:03:25. > :03:28.has denied any knowledge of Suzanne Pilley's disappearance. But
:03:28. > :03:31.although detectives had no physical evidence they were certain he had
:03:31. > :03:34.killed her. They spent months viewing CCTV pictures to trace his
:03:34. > :03:37.movements in the centre of Edinburgh and on the roads of
:03:37. > :03:47.Argyll where they believe he buried her body. Lisa Summers looks now at
:03:47. > :03:52.
:03:52. > :03:59.The evidence what tends to suggest there is a will give for murder.
:03:59. > :04:02.This is David Gilroy, interviewed outside his house shortly after
:04:02. > :04:08.Suzanne Pilley went missing. He had been questioned by the police but
:04:08. > :04:13.he kept his cool and gave this astonishing interview. There
:04:13. > :04:18.clearly is a belief that you are a murderer, what you say to that?
:04:18. > :04:25.That is not the case. The police were to their investigation and
:04:25. > :04:31.time will show. But those denials were false. He knew he was a killer
:04:31. > :04:35.and he knew he had murdered her. He was controlling, manipulative. His
:04:35. > :04:40.affair was a turbulent one. She was trying to end the relationship that
:04:40. > :04:46.he was desperate to keep it going. He said more than 400 texts advice
:04:46. > :04:54.was in the weeks before she disappeared. It is David. Give me a
:04:54. > :04:59.phone back, please. I want a chat with you. Give me a phone back,
:04:59. > :05:03.even for a couple of winners. I am worried. But this stopped abruptly
:05:03. > :05:11.the moment she went missing. He was a controlling a deceitful
:05:11. > :05:17.individual. He sent hundreds of messages asking for her to come
:05:17. > :05:24.back. It is cold and calculating character came through the way he
:05:24. > :05:29.tried to cover up his tracks. underestimated the huge electronic
:05:29. > :05:37.footprint that became compelling evidence. How did he do it and why?
:05:37. > :05:44.When Suzanne Pilley spent -- made their way to work she had spent the
:05:44. > :05:48.night with her new man. David Gilroy could not take that. She was
:05:48. > :05:54.metres away from the front door of her office. Another camera would
:05:54. > :05:59.have spotted her if she would have carried on the same route. David
:05:59. > :06:09.Gilroy was waiting for her. He'd persuaded her to go to the basement.
:06:09. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:15.He killed her and then started his cover at. He got his act together
:06:15. > :06:20.and made excuses to go home and collect his car. He bought if
:06:20. > :06:24.pressures from the shop on Princess Street. He adjusted his diary to
:06:24. > :06:29.give him any reason to go to Argyll the following day. That night he
:06:29. > :06:35.returned home and spent the evening with his family. All the time,
:06:35. > :06:41.Suzanne Pilley's body was in the boot of his car. He did not take a
:06:41. > :06:47.direct route, he headed much further north. CCTV shows in going
:06:47. > :06:57.through in the rarely. Police she created the journey three times.
:06:57. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:07.They need a crucial discovery. David Gilroy was found to have
:07:07. > :07:15.taken longer than the police journey. Detectives are certain he
:07:15. > :07:21.took a deep taught to dispose of Suzanne Pilley's body. Certain that
:07:21. > :07:27.she was dead, the police now faced a huge task. Finding her body in
:07:27. > :07:35.this wilderness. Summer 2010 was spent appealing to holidaymakers,
:07:35. > :07:40.bikers, anyone who would have seen someone driving a silver saloon car.
:07:40. > :07:48.A search was organised for 20th August 10 but the terrain was tough
:07:48. > :07:51.and ultimately they did not find the body. His cool and calculated
:07:51. > :07:56.crime and travelled in front of the journey -- jury. They found him
:07:56. > :08:01.guilty of murder. There is only one final question. We did the hide the
:08:01. > :08:04.body? The family hoped that one day he will tell the truth.
:08:04. > :08:07.Lisa Summers is in the centre of Edinburgh tonight close to where
:08:07. > :08:16.Suzanne Pilley was last seen. How likely is it that her body will
:08:16. > :08:20.ever be found Lisa? This is the big question. When you think about it,
:08:20. > :08:27.you had a woman going to work. It was the middle of the city and it
:08:27. > :08:33.was rush hour. She simply vanished without a trace. It was difficult
:08:33. > :08:43.to prosecute. Police had to show the evidence that she had made it
:08:43. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:46.to work at their track David Gilroy's movements. They found six
:08:46. > :08:50.sets of human remains during the investigation but one of them
:08:50. > :08:54.turned out to be hers. She should have been celebrating her 40th
:08:54. > :08:57.birthday but now she's in her lonely grave.
:08:57. > :09:00.You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the
:09:00. > :09:10.programme. The Scottish school pupils who are
:09:10. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:15.getting to grips with broadcasting by making their own news. What is
:09:15. > :09:18.it like trying in there with specialists from the fire service.
:09:18. > :09:20.In sport. Rangers have been charged with five alleged rule breaches by
:09:20. > :09:23.the Scottish Football Association. Details later.
:09:23. > :09:29.The formula one season starts on Sunday. We'll hear from Scotland's
:09:29. > :09:32.only F1 Driver. Don't miss it. There's growing concern that too
:09:32. > :09:37.few people are studying computing at school and university at a time
:09:37. > :09:39.when the industry in Scotland is crying out for more recruits. It is
:09:39. > :09:43.thought that students are instead opting for so-called safe subjects
:09:43. > :09:45.like law and teaching. In the first of two reports our Education
:09:46. > :09:49.correspondent Seonag Mackinnon looks at why, when new technology
:09:49. > :09:59.is at the centre of all our lives, so few people are interested in
:09:59. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:21.I can be a confident individual and successful. Children as young a six
:10:21. > :10:31.can do PowerPoint presentations. In schools like this when, children
:10:31. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :10:36.pick up skills from nursery onwards. We do animation. They go on to turn
:10:36. > :10:41.everything into it movies. secondary schools, computers
:10:41. > :10:46.attract interest but not necessarily in exam entries. The
:10:46. > :10:55.number of candidates for high you computing has dropped from over
:10:55. > :11:05.4,600 to 4,100. It is down 11%. had to teach about floppy disks.
:11:05. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:12.Nowadays, the No Prosser's is will be much more up-to-date. It could
:11:12. > :11:22.still be few takers has students are influenced by what parents see
:11:22. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:34.as safe. Many are not aware. Just one in six walked into permanent
:11:34. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:46.full-time posts. For the time being, teaching and other vocational posts
:11:46. > :11:48.
:11:48. > :11:58.do not offer secure employment. am a lawyer on the last thing we
:11:58. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:06.need is another one. The sector says they do need recruits.
:12:06. > :12:12.ScottishPower is to close its power station in East Lothian next year.
:12:12. > :12:17.The company says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies. It is
:12:17. > :12:22.understood many of the workers would be transferred to five.
:12:22. > :12:32.ScottishPower already has permission for a new gas power
:12:32. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:37.station. The Convention on youth unemployment has taken place. This
:12:37. > :12:41.cut government out like the action it is taking. There are currently
:12:41. > :12:45.100,000 youngsters in Scotland without a job. Firefighters from
:12:45. > :12:55.all over the world have started training in a new multi-million
:12:55. > :13:05.pound centre. The purpose-built centre is designed to offer courses.
:13:05. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:15.Our reporter went to see them in January 2008, a jet crashes in
:13:15. > :13:18.Heathrow and every the survivors. Fire crews trained for it every day.
:13:18. > :13:21.Some name this the cookhouse, this is where it would firefighters from
:13:21. > :13:31.all over the world come to learn from the experts at Edinburgh
:13:31. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:38.airport. This bloke is providing the fuel for the fire. In here,
:13:38. > :13:46.trainees sit in temperatures of 500 degrees Celsius. They study how
:13:46. > :13:55.fire spreads and kills in confined spaces. It is difficult to describe
:13:55. > :14:03.the heat. We assimilating a compartment fire. For us, a
:14:03. > :14:09.compartment fire is an aircraft. The aircraft is very thin-skinned
:14:09. > :14:14.so we have to be there are very quick to prevent a full fire.
:14:14. > :14:19.trained here every single shift. Every second saved in an aircraft
:14:19. > :14:22.fire could mean lives saved. Edinburgh has invested millions in
:14:22. > :14:28.the training centre here. It is fast becoming a worldwide centre of
:14:28. > :14:32.excellence. This is designed to teach firefighters what it would be
:14:32. > :14:38.like to fight a fire and rescue people out of these seats. This is
:14:38. > :14:42.based on the fuselage of a 757 passenger aircraft. It is tilted
:14:42. > :14:48.like this because when an aircraft crash lands, it tells down on one
:14:48. > :14:52.wing. The highly-motivated crews with specialist training and state-
:14:52. > :14:58.of-the-art equipment are on call 247 every day of the year. But
:14:58. > :15:01.nobody wants to see them in action for real.
:15:01. > :15:09.A look now at what else has been happening across the country this
:15:09. > :15:13.Thursday. For the first time in nine years, an oil rig is being
:15:13. > :15:18.refurbished on the Moray Firth. It has recently been taken over
:15:18. > :15:22.employing 250 people. A man who killed his wife has been
:15:22. > :15:25.refused legal aid to take Aberdeenshire council to court
:15:25. > :15:30.after it removes her gravestone. Markham Webster was jailed last
:15:30. > :15:33.year for murdering Claire Morris. Relatives wanted the heads and
:15:33. > :15:36.taken away as it contained her married name and referred to a dear
:15:36. > :15:43.wife. The fashion chain Zara has
:15:43. > :15:48.apologised for selling what it called a harassed blazer. It was
:15:48. > :15:51.not hand-woven by islanders in their home and was not used by a
:15:51. > :15:58.wood -- wool spun in the Outer Hebrides.
:15:58. > :16:01.An Edinburgh school was evacuated after asbestos was discovered. All
:16:01. > :16:07.447 pupils and teachers were evacuated. It will stay closed
:16:07. > :16:11.until Friday. A man who blacked out Peterhead by
:16:12. > :16:18.firing a grappling hook at analysis of the pile and will do 200 hours
:16:18. > :16:22.of community service. It cut off electricity to around 5,000 homes
:16:22. > :16:26.and businesses in the town. We of the world's oldest sick notes
:16:26. > :16:30.has sold from a �6,000 at auction. Then the letter, Mary Queen of
:16:30. > :16:34.Scots excuses a nobleman from his duties because he was suffering
:16:34. > :16:39.from gout. The 16th century document was a myth that Blair
:16:39. > :16:44.Castle. It survived for all that time because it has lain in the
:16:44. > :16:53.records of one of the oldest inhabited castles in Scotland. It
:16:53. > :16:57.is the ultimate sick note to get excused from court by your Queen.
:16:57. > :17:01.Scotland's Gallic school is getting a �200,000 grant to refurbish
:17:01. > :17:05.disused classrooms. The school says the what is needed to keep up with
:17:05. > :17:15.growing demand for places. And there's more on all those
:17:15. > :17:19.stories and the rest of the day's news on the BBC Scotland website.
:17:19. > :17:21.Let's catch up now with the sport. Rangers have been charged with five
:17:21. > :17:24.alleged rule breaches by the Scottish Football Association. A
:17:24. > :17:26.Judicial Panel will consider the charges and two against Craig Whyte
:17:26. > :17:29.a fortnight today. The club's administrators have been back in
:17:29. > :17:32.court today, trying to free Rangers of a �24 million obligation over
:17:33. > :17:42.season ticket sales. It comes as the deadline for indicative bids
:17:43. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:56.for the club approaches. Alasdair Lamont explains what it all means.
:17:56. > :17:58.
:17:59. > :18:03.Rangers alleged rule breaches arose after the recent review. By 5
:18:03. > :18:07.o'clock tomorrow, Rangers administrators will have to have
:18:07. > :18:11.separated the bid from the chart in terms of parties you want to buy
:18:11. > :18:15.the club. This deadline is not of huge significance. What the
:18:15. > :18:17.administrators is looking for is some kind of funding and an
:18:17. > :18:23.illustrated -- illustration of how interested parties would deal with
:18:23. > :18:28.the issues facing the club. The potential snag comes in the shape
:18:28. > :18:32.of a case at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Duff and Phelps are
:18:32. > :18:42.in court to try and free the call - - three the club of a 24 where can
:18:42. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :18:50.obligation to stick it does. -- titters. A finding against to
:18:50. > :18:57.editors could impact on Paul Murray's bid to buy Rangers.
:18:57. > :19:01.Neither money nor to give to us which to pre-empt the her it today.
:19:01. > :19:05.The bottom line is, tomorrow will not be defining day in Rangers'
:19:05. > :19:10.history. The administrators are not obliged to take up any of the
:19:10. > :19:14.offers made but we should get more clarity as to who exactly was to
:19:14. > :19:17.take the clubs -- the club off the administrators hands.
:19:17. > :19:19.Hearts players have been told that they may not receive their monthly
:19:19. > :19:23.salaries, as due tomorrow. They were told after training today that
:19:23. > :19:26.no money had been transferred from the club's owners who are based in
:19:26. > :19:31.Lithuania. Earlier this season, the players made a complaint to the SPL
:19:31. > :19:35.about constant delays in being paid. One of the signs that spring is
:19:35. > :19:38.upon us is the start of the Formula One racing season. It gets up and
:19:38. > :19:41.running in Melbourne on Sunday. It'll be the Scottish driver Paul
:19:41. > :19:44.Di Resta's second season and he says he's in better shape
:19:44. > :19:54.physically and mentally this year. Mind you, he faces some stiff
:19:54. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:01.competition from what's been called a golden generation of drivers.
:20:01. > :20:09.The start of the new season and time for drivers to renew old
:20:09. > :20:11.acquaintances and old rivalries. This year's championship boasts
:20:11. > :20:21.five former winners including Michael Schumacher and Lewis
:20:21. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:27.Hamilton. Some say this man's head is a bit too big for his Helmut but
:20:28. > :20:36.he is entitled to a bit of conceit as the defending champion. I am
:20:36. > :20:42.here to win the championship, that is the target. Whether it is the
:20:42. > :20:46.third are not does not make a difference. Called arrester was
:20:46. > :20:50.rookie of the year 2011, finishing 10th on his debut in Melbourne a
:20:50. > :20:55.year ago. His highlight was 6th place in Singapore when he finished
:20:55. > :21:00.13th overall in the championship. Could this year be even better?
:21:00. > :21:08.am at more in control as a person, more relaxed and fitter. You just
:21:08. > :21:13.fill part of the system now whereas before it was all are known. --
:21:13. > :21:19.unknown. Tomorrow's official practice day but some drivers have
:21:19. > :21:25.been sneaking in some extra track time. If Lewis Hamilton turns up in
:21:25. > :21:30.that on Sunday, the rest will wipe the floor with an!
:21:30. > :21:34.That is tonight's sport. Pupils from more than 100 schools
:21:34. > :21:37.from across Scotland have been taking us on at our own game by
:21:37. > :21:39.becoming broadcasters for the day. It's all part of the BBC News
:21:39. > :21:41.School Report scheme, giving young people hands-on experience of
:21:41. > :21:51.journalism. Our reporter, Graham Stewart, has been at a secondary
:21:51. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:04.school near Dumfries all day. The library here has been operating
:22:04. > :22:07.all day. The team have been looking at lowering the voting age the and
:22:07. > :22:11.people and the local significance of Peter Pan. Robert has been
:22:11. > :22:16.reporting all day. Have a hat -- how have you found it? It has been
:22:16. > :22:23.exciting but rather special -- stressful. You have to do many
:22:23. > :22:26.things at once and finish within the deadline. It is just like
:22:26. > :22:36.working for BBC Scotland. Let's have a look at the report on Peter
:22:36. > :22:39.
:22:39. > :22:45.Pan. I am Sophie and I am just again. This is where GM Barry was
:22:45. > :22:49.inspired to write Peter Pan. When he was a child, he played in the
:22:49. > :22:57.gardens here and said that memories of those days inspired Peter Pan.
:22:57. > :23:05.Over the years, the house has fallen into disrepair. My name is
:23:05. > :23:09.Roger Windsor and I founded the Peter Pan Action Group. I could not
:23:09. > :23:16.believe that the house which had such import military connections
:23:16. > :23:23.had been around -- a ruck allowed to go to rack and ruin. Yd wanted
:23:23. > :23:27.change -- turn it into a children's centre? The author played here as
:23:27. > :23:33.by and he was made a Freeman of the borough in 1924 and he said this
:23:34. > :23:42.was the place where he had the first idea for the Peter Pan story.
:23:42. > :23:52.What is your name? Myra darling. The work has already inspired our
:23:52. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :24:04.school to put on a play. Rehearsals for Peter Pan are already under way.
:24:04. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:16.I learnt the story in nursery and it is just magical. It has been
:24:16. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:24.everything and Peter Pan's appeal is still strong. That is just one
:24:24. > :24:29.of the many reports from more than 100 schools across Scotland who
:24:29. > :24:33.have been taking part today. You can see a video of that and all the
:24:33. > :24:43.others on the BBC News School Report website.
:24:43. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:54.It is not looking too bad. Tonight, some rain for many parts of the
:24:54. > :25:02.country. We will stir up some clear spell the crisis in Scotland. --
:25:02. > :25:06.still see. We will see some heavy rain pushing into the likes of
:25:06. > :25:10.Argyll and extending into Perthshire. But very little rain
:25:10. > :25:16.getting to - through to the east. Temperatures around six degrees
:25:16. > :25:20.Celsius. The southerly winds becoming strong tonight. Tomorrow,
:25:20. > :25:25.rather dull with outbreaks of rain. But quite quickly, the rain will
:25:25. > :25:35.pull away to more northern areas and it should become dry. In the
:25:35. > :25:41.afternoon, it is an improving story. Although it is cloudy, we should
:25:41. > :25:51.see some brightness later in the day. The for further north you go,
:25:51. > :25:52.
:25:53. > :26:00.the bright it becomes. -- the brighter it becomes. We will hold
:26:00. > :26:07.on to cloudier conditions in Aberdeenshire and the odd spot of
:26:07. > :26:11.trouble -- drizzle here. I am glad to say the rain does eventually
:26:11. > :26:16.pull away from southern Scotland, leaving much of the country dry.
:26:16. > :26:22.Initially, we will see us to the UN but it was starting he's as it
:26:22. > :26:26.turns south-westerly. For the weekend, we do have high pressure
:26:26. > :26:29.pushing towards us bringing a lot of settled weather but a cold a
:26:29. > :26:35.north-westerly airflow means things will be a bit cooler than we've
:26:35. > :26:44.seen of late. On the whole, the weekend is looking dry and bright
:26:44. > :26:47.with some fine spells with it Let's recap tonight's main news:
:26:47. > :26:50.The family of Suzanne Pilley have expressed their relief that her
:26:50. > :26:53.former lover has been found guilty of her murder. After a 19 day trial,
:26:53. > :26:56.the jury at the High Court in Edinburgh found David Gilroy guilty
:26:56. > :26:58.of killing her in May 2010 by a majority verdict. Her body had
:26:58. > :27:01.never been found. Nearly 23 years after the
:27:01. > :27:04.Hillsborough disaster, the BBC has seen leaked documents which show
:27:04. > :27:07.that a senior Merseyside police officer claimed the tragedy was the
:27:07. > :27:10.fault of 'drunken fans'. It supports for the first time a view
:27:10. > :27:13.long held by many in Liverpool that attempts were made at the highest
:27:13. > :27:16.levels to shift the blame for the tragedy away from the police and on
:27:16. > :27:18.to the fans. Rangers have been charged with five
:27:18. > :27:21.alleged rule breaches by the Scottish Football Association. A
:27:21. > :27:23.Judicial Panel will consider the charges and two against Craig Whyte
:27:23. > :27:26.a fortnight today. And the club's administrators have been back in