15/03/2012 Reporting Scotland

Tonight on Reporting Scotland. The office affair that ended in murder.

David Gilroy killed his former lover at the Edinburgh office where

they worked together. Suzanne Pilley's parent's say their

daughter has received justice. family, we continued to struggle to

come to terms with losing her. We have lost our daughter but her

memory lives on in everyone who knew her.

It took the jury two days to reach its guilty verdict at the High

Court in Edinburgh. Gilroy always denied murder. Police

believe he dumped the body somewhere in Argyll but it has

never been found. Also on the programme. Growing

concern that too few pupils are studying IT at school. Computers

have been in our classrooms for 30 years but the industry says its not

bringing them enough high-tech staff.

Closing bids please. Well have the latest as the deadline looms to

Suzanne Pilley was described as popular and close to her parents.

She would have celebrated her fortieth birthday this month. But

today her former lover David Gilroy was found guilty of her murder.

Suzanne disappeared on her way to work in the centre of Edinburgh in

May 2010. In a moment we'll have the background on what was a

formidable case for police, to prove a murder without a body. But

first Laura Bicker reports on the day David Gilroy was brought to

They have waited a couple of years for this day. The family feel they

have justice for their daughter. This day has been a long time

coming. She has now received the justice she deserves. As a family

we continue to struggle to come to terms with losing her. We have lost

our daughter but her memory lives on in everyone who knew her.

Although the trial has ended hour a raw deal goes on. We hope one day

be can lay our daughter to rest. This is the man who murdered the

much-loved book keeper. Her lover who could not let her go. Described

as obsessive and manipulative. He made no objection as the guilty

verdict was read out. He turned to his wife, nor did an MA what it is

OK. In a state where the family said they continue to believe he is

innocent. The director of I n l where they worked said the

revulsion and disgust felt towards David Gilroy could not be discussed.

David Gilroy now faces life behind bars. But the torment continues for

the family of Suzanne Pilley. They simply want to know where she is

buried. For the past two years David Gilroy

has denied any knowledge of Suzanne Pilley's disappearance. But

although detectives had no physical evidence they were certain he had

killed her. They spent months viewing CCTV pictures to trace his

movements in the centre of Edinburgh and on the roads of

Argyll where they believe he buried her body. Lisa Summers looks now at

The evidence what tends to suggest there is a will give for murder.

This is David Gilroy, interviewed outside his house shortly after

Suzanne Pilley went missing. He had been questioned by the police but

he kept his cool and gave this astonishing interview. There

clearly is a belief that you are a murderer, what you say to that?

That is not the case. The police were to their investigation and

time will show. But those denials were false. He knew he was a killer

and he knew he had murdered her. He was controlling, manipulative. His

affair was a turbulent one. She was trying to end the relationship that

he was desperate to keep it going. He said more than 400 texts advice

was in the weeks before she disappeared. It is David. Give me a

phone back, please. I want a chat with you. Give me a phone back,

even for a couple of winners. I am worried. But this stopped abruptly

the moment she went missing. He was a controlling a deceitful

individual. He sent hundreds of messages asking for her to come

back. It is cold and calculating character came through the way he

tried to cover up his tracks. underestimated the huge electronic

footprint that became compelling evidence. How did he do it and why?

When Suzanne Pilley spent -- made their way to work she had spent the

night with her new man. David Gilroy could not take that. She was

metres away from the front door of her office. Another camera would

have spotted her if she would have carried on the same route. David

Gilroy was waiting for her. He'd persuaded her to go to the basement.

He killed her and then started his cover at. He got his act together

and made excuses to go home and collect his car. He bought if

pressures from the shop on Princess Street. He adjusted his diary to

give him any reason to go to Argyll the following day. That night he

returned home and spent the evening with his family. All the time,

Suzanne Pilley's body was in the boot of his car. He did not take a

direct route, he headed much further north. CCTV shows in going

through in the rarely. Police she created the journey three times.

They need a crucial discovery. David Gilroy was found to have

taken longer than the police journey. Detectives are certain he

took a deep taught to dispose of Suzanne Pilley's body. Certain that

she was dead, the police now faced a huge task. Finding her body in

this wilderness. Summer 2010 was spent appealing to holidaymakers,

bikers, anyone who would have seen someone driving a silver saloon car.

A search was organised for 20th August 10 but the terrain was tough

and ultimately they did not find the body. His cool and calculated

crime and travelled in front of the journey -- jury. They found him

guilty of murder. There is only one final question. We did the hide the

body? The family hoped that one day he will tell the truth.

Lisa Summers is in the centre of Edinburgh tonight close to where

Suzanne Pilley was last seen. How likely is it that her body will

ever be found Lisa? This is the big question. When you think about it,

you had a woman going to work. It was the middle of the city and it

was rush hour. She simply vanished without a trace. It was difficult

to prosecute. Police had to show the evidence that she had made it

to work at their track David Gilroy's movements. They found six

sets of human remains during the investigation but one of them

turned out to be hers. She should have been celebrating her 40th

birthday but now she's in her lonely grave.

You're watching Reporting Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on the

programme. The Scottish school pupils who are

getting to grips with broadcasting by making their own news. What is

it like trying in there with specialists from the fire service.

In sport. Rangers have been charged with five alleged rule breaches by

the Scottish Football Association. Details later.

The formula one season starts on Sunday. We'll hear from Scotland's

only F1 Driver. Don't miss it. There's growing concern that too

few people are studying computing at school and university at a time

when the industry in Scotland is crying out for more recruits. It is

thought that students are instead opting for so-called safe subjects

like law and teaching. In the first of two reports our Education

correspondent Seonag Mackinnon looks at why, when new technology

is at the centre of all our lives, so few people are interested in

I can be a confident individual and successful. Children as young a six

can do PowerPoint presentations. In schools like this when, children

pick up skills from nursery onwards. We do animation. They go on to turn

everything into it movies. secondary schools, computers

attract interest but not necessarily in exam entries. The

number of candidates for high you computing has dropped from over

4,600 to 4,100. It is down 11%. had to teach about floppy disks.

Nowadays, the No Prosser's is will be much more up-to-date. It could

still be few takers has students are influenced by what parents see

as safe. Many are not aware. Just one in six walked into permanent

full-time posts. For the time being, teaching and other vocational posts

do not offer secure employment. am a lawyer on the last thing we

need is another one. The sector says they do need recruits.

ScottishPower is to close its power station in East Lothian next year.

The company says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies. It is

understood many of the workers would be transferred to five.

ScottishPower already has permission for a new gas power

station. The Convention on youth unemployment has taken place. This

cut government out like the action it is taking. There are currently

100,000 youngsters in Scotland without a job. Firefighters from

all over the world have started training in a new multi-million

pound centre. The purpose-built centre is designed to offer courses.

Our reporter went to see them in January 2008, a jet crashes in

Heathrow and every the survivors. Fire crews trained for it every day.

Some name this the cookhouse, this is where it would firefighters from

all over the world come to learn from the experts at Edinburgh

airport. This bloke is providing the fuel for the fire. In here,

trainees sit in temperatures of 500 degrees Celsius. They study how

fire spreads and kills in confined spaces. It is difficult to describe

the heat. We assimilating a compartment fire. For us, a

compartment fire is an aircraft. The aircraft is very thin-skinned

so we have to be there are very quick to prevent a full fire.

trained here every single shift. Every second saved in an aircraft

fire could mean lives saved. Edinburgh has invested millions in

the training centre here. It is fast becoming a worldwide centre of

excellence. This is designed to teach firefighters what it would be

like to fight a fire and rescue people out of these seats. This is

based on the fuselage of a 757 passenger aircraft. It is tilted

like this because when an aircraft crash lands, it tells down on one

wing. The highly-motivated crews with specialist training and state-

of-the-art equipment are on call 247 every day of the year. But

nobody wants to see them in action for real.

A look now at what else has been happening across the country this

Thursday. For the first time in nine years, an oil rig is being

refurbished on the Moray Firth. It has recently been taken over

employing 250 people. A man who killed his wife has been

refused legal aid to take Aberdeenshire council to court

after it removes her gravestone. Markham Webster was jailed last

year for murdering Claire Morris. Relatives wanted the heads and

taken away as it contained her married name and referred to a dear

wife. The fashion chain Zara has

apologised for selling what it called a harassed blazer. It was

not hand-woven by islanders in their home and was not used by a

wood -- wool spun in the Outer Hebrides.

An Edinburgh school was evacuated after asbestos was discovered. All

447 pupils and teachers were evacuated. It will stay closed

until Friday. A man who blacked out Peterhead by

firing a grappling hook at analysis of the pile and will do 200 hours

of community service. It cut off electricity to around 5,000 homes

and businesses in the town. We of the world's oldest sick notes

has sold from a �6,000 at auction. Then the letter, Mary Queen of

Scots excuses a nobleman from his duties because he was suffering

from gout. The 16th century document was a myth that Blair

Castle. It survived for all that time because it has lain in the

records of one of the oldest inhabited castles in Scotland. It

is the ultimate sick note to get excused from court by your Queen.

Scotland's Gallic school is getting a �200,000 grant to refurbish

disused classrooms. The school says the what is needed to keep up with

growing demand for places. And there's more on all those

stories and the rest of the day's news on the BBC Scotland website.

Let's catch up now with the sport. Rangers have been charged with five

alleged rule breaches by the Scottish Football Association. A

Judicial Panel will consider the charges and two against Craig Whyte

a fortnight today. The club's administrators have been back in

court today, trying to free Rangers of a �24 million obligation over

season ticket sales. It comes as the deadline for indicative bids

for the club approaches. Alasdair Lamont explains what it all means.

Rangers alleged rule breaches arose after the recent review. By 5

o'clock tomorrow, Rangers administrators will have to have

separated the bid from the chart in terms of parties you want to buy

the club. This deadline is not of huge significance. What the

administrators is looking for is some kind of funding and an

illustrated -- illustration of how interested parties would deal with

the issues facing the club. The potential snag comes in the shape

of a case at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Duff and Phelps are

in court to try and free the call - - three the club of a 24 where can

obligation to stick it does. -- titters. A finding against to

editors could impact on Paul Murray's bid to buy Rangers.

Neither money nor to give to us which to pre-empt the her it today.

The bottom line is, tomorrow will not be defining day in Rangers'

history. The administrators are not obliged to take up any of the

offers made but we should get more clarity as to who exactly was to

take the clubs -- the club off the administrators hands.

Hearts players have been told that they may not receive their monthly

salaries, as due tomorrow. They were told after training today that

no money had been transferred from the club's owners who are based in

Lithuania. Earlier this season, the players made a complaint to the SPL

about constant delays in being paid. One of the signs that spring is

upon us is the start of the Formula One racing season. It gets up and

running in Melbourne on Sunday. It'll be the Scottish driver Paul

Di Resta's second season and he says he's in better shape

physically and mentally this year. Mind you, he faces some stiff

competition from what's been called a golden generation of drivers.

The start of the new season and time for drivers to renew old

acquaintances and old rivalries. This year's championship boasts

five former winners including Michael Schumacher and Lewis

Hamilton. Some say this man's head is a bit too big for his Helmut but

he is entitled to a bit of conceit as the defending champion. I am

here to win the championship, that is the target. Whether it is the

third are not does not make a difference. Called arrester was

rookie of the year 2011, finishing 10th on his debut in Melbourne a

year ago. His highlight was 6th place in Singapore when he finished

13th overall in the championship. Could this year be even better?

am at more in control as a person, more relaxed and fitter. You just

fill part of the system now whereas before it was all are known. --

unknown. Tomorrow's official practice day but some drivers have

been sneaking in some extra track time. If Lewis Hamilton turns up in

that on Sunday, the rest will wipe the floor with an!

That is tonight's sport. Pupils from more than 100 schools

from across Scotland have been taking us on at our own game by

becoming broadcasters for the day. It's all part of the BBC News

School Report scheme, giving young people hands-on experience of

journalism. Our reporter, Graham Stewart, has been at a secondary

school near Dumfries all day. The library here has been operating

all day. The team have been looking at lowering the voting age the and

people and the local significance of Peter Pan. Robert has been

reporting all day. Have a hat -- how have you found it? It has been

exciting but rather special -- stressful. You have to do many

things at once and finish within the deadline. It is just like

working for BBC Scotland. Let's have a look at the report on Peter

Pan. I am Sophie and I am just again. This is where GM Barry was

inspired to write Peter Pan. When he was a child, he played in the

gardens here and said that memories of those days inspired Peter Pan.

Over the years, the house has fallen into disrepair. My name is

Roger Windsor and I founded the Peter Pan Action Group. I could not

believe that the house which had such import military connections

had been around -- a ruck allowed to go to rack and ruin. Yd wanted

change -- turn it into a children's centre? The author played here as

by and he was made a Freeman of the borough in 1924 and he said this

was the place where he had the first idea for the Peter Pan story.

What is your name? Myra darling. The work has already inspired our

school to put on a play. Rehearsals for Peter Pan are already under way.

I learnt the story in nursery and it is just magical. It has been

everything and Peter Pan's appeal is still strong. That is just one

of the many reports from more than 100 schools across Scotland who

have been taking part today. You can see a video of that and all the

others on the BBC News School Report website.

It is not looking too bad. Tonight, some rain for many parts of the

country. We will stir up some clear spell the crisis in Scotland. --

still see. We will see some heavy rain pushing into the likes of

Argyll and extending into Perthshire. But very little rain

getting to - through to the east. Temperatures around six degrees

Celsius. The southerly winds becoming strong tonight. Tomorrow,

rather dull with outbreaks of rain. But quite quickly, the rain will

pull away to more northern areas and it should become dry. In the

afternoon, it is an improving story. Although it is cloudy, we should

see some brightness later in the day. The for further north you go,

the bright it becomes. -- the brighter it becomes. We will hold

on to cloudier conditions in Aberdeenshire and the odd spot of

trouble -- drizzle here. I am glad to say the rain does eventually

pull away from southern Scotland, leaving much of the country dry.

Initially, we will see us to the UN but it was starting he's as it

turns south-westerly. For the weekend, we do have high pressure

pushing towards us bringing a lot of settled weather but a cold a

north-westerly airflow means things will be a bit cooler than we've

seen of late. On the whole, the weekend is looking dry and bright

with some fine spells with it Let's recap tonight's main news:

The family of Suzanne Pilley have expressed their relief that her

former lover has been found guilty of her murder. After a 19 day trial,

the jury at the High Court in Edinburgh found David Gilroy guilty

of killing her in May 2010 by a majority verdict. Her body had

never been found. Nearly 23 years after the

Hillsborough disaster, the BBC has seen leaked documents which show

that a senior Merseyside police officer claimed the tragedy was the

fault of 'drunken fans'. It supports for the first time a view

long held by many in Liverpool that attempts were made at the highest

levels to shift the blame for the tragedy away from the police and on

to the fans. Rangers have been charged with five

alleged rule breaches by the Scottish Football Association. A

Judicial Panel will consider the charges and two against Craig Whyte

a fortnight today. And the club's administrators have been back in