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22/04/2010
Man Who Killed Biker Jailed For 10 Years
A man who violently killed a biker more than 10 years ago has been jailed.
Thomas Pryde, 38, from Perthshire, said he attacked 46-year-old biker Adam Alexander in 1999 with a metal pole after they had a row.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Pryde admitted culpable homicide, bringing to a conclusion one of Scotland's longest-running unsolved crimes.
The court heard that he had gone to Mr Alexander's home in Errol to discuss a deal but a row had broken out between them.
Pryde claimed the lorry driver had been trying to get him to sell stolen goods and had lashed out at him when he refused.
The High Court was told that Pryde then picked up a metal bar and hit Mr Alexander repeatedly until he died as a result of the blows.
He said he then panicked and buried the body in a field beside Errol brickworks.
Pryde confided in his wife Angela about what he had done.
But after threatening to leave her following an affair, Mrs Pryde told police and a murder inquiry was launched, during which Pryde admitted killing and burying Mr Alexander.
Mr Alexander was treated as a missing person for nine years.
Despite repeated searches by police, Mr Alexander's body has never been found.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Judge Lord Bracadale described the killing as a "most disturbing crime" and jailed Pryde for 10 years
(LB/CD)
Thomas Pryde, 38, from Perthshire, said he attacked 46-year-old biker Adam Alexander in 1999 with a metal pole after they had a row.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Pryde admitted culpable homicide, bringing to a conclusion one of Scotland's longest-running unsolved crimes.
The court heard that he had gone to Mr Alexander's home in Errol to discuss a deal but a row had broken out between them.
Pryde claimed the lorry driver had been trying to get him to sell stolen goods and had lashed out at him when he refused.
The High Court was told that Pryde then picked up a metal bar and hit Mr Alexander repeatedly until he died as a result of the blows.
He said he then panicked and buried the body in a field beside Errol brickworks.
Pryde confided in his wife Angela about what he had done.
But after threatening to leave her following an affair, Mrs Pryde told police and a murder inquiry was launched, during which Pryde admitted killing and burying Mr Alexander.
Mr Alexander was treated as a missing person for nine years.
Despite repeated searches by police, Mr Alexander's body has never been found.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Judge Lord Bracadale described the killing as a "most disturbing crime" and jailed Pryde for 10 years
(LB/CD)
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