Andrew McVicar (Jail)

Colin Garrod and Andrew William Graham McVicar were convicted of the manslaughter of Timothy Smith 57. Andrew McVicar was noted for having previously been convicted of the murder of Tony Harrington in 1998.

Timothy Smith

Colin Garrod and Andrew McVicar had been wearing balaclavas and had forced their way into a person's home and had demanded money from them. They had an imitation gun and had forced the owners into the house as well as Timothy Smith and his wife who had just come back from the pub.

Whilst Colin Garrod and Andrew McVicar where forcing the people into the house with the imitation gun they pushed Timothy Smith, causing him to fall and hit his head on a low wall.

The police later recovered £34,000 from the men. They had gone off after the robbery and over the next few days went on a spending spree.

Tony Harrington

Andrew McVicar was convicted of the murder of Tony Harrington in 1998.

Andrew McVicar had been standing by a Christmas Tree with some friends on 24 December 1998 when the man walked past. It was said that one of Andrew McVicar's friends thought that the man had said something to one of their group and they called himback. When the man eventually came back he sqaured up top the man that had called him back as though to fight.

At the same time another youth tried to stop the fight but Andrew McVicar pushed him away.

The man then punched the man that had called him back, knocking him to his knees and causing his nose to bleed.

It was said that the man did nothing else, but that whilst standing there Andrew McVicar went behind him and hit him on the head with a bottle, causing it to break. The blow cut the man's head and severed the muscle on the right side of his neck. THe man then staggered and Andrew McVicar slashed him in the neck with the jagged remains of the bottle, severing his jugular vein.

The man then fell to the floor motionless where Andrew McVicar kicked him three times before running ogg.

The court heard that after Andrew McVicar was informed the following day that Andrew McVicar had died that he had expressed some remorse to a person, he had nonetheless that evening gone off to a rave.

It was noted that although Andrew McVicar was only 15-years-old that he had been used to drinking large amounts of alcohol and was used to being drunk. It was also heard that he have previous convcitions for ABH, theft and burglary, it being noted that the convictions for ABH related to an incident on 18 September 1998 when he smashed a bottle on someone's head.