A notorious child killer, Alexander Millar, who bludgeoned a brother and sister to death has been released nearly five decades after his atrocious offences.
In 1976, Alexander Millar, aged 29, bound and gagged John McMonigle, aged 13, and his sister Irene, aged 12, before fatally bludgeoning them with a hammer after a failed robbery at their residence in Govan, Glasgow.
During that time, he also committed an indecent assault against the 12-year-old girl.
Alexander Millar evaded incarceration but was confined in secure mental health facilities for 49 years, where he was officially designated as a patient rather than a prisoner.
This categorisation ensured that his detention was subject to periodical review, in contrast to the prison system; yet, he was deemed so perilous that he could not be released for over five decades.
A mental health tribunal in England has determined that he is suitable for discharge.
Relatives of the victims say they have been left suffering “extreme distress” after he was freed. In 1976, after the horrendous attacks, the children were discovered amid a scene of absolute horror by their younger sister, Liz, and dad John, who had left the kids in their tenement while they took some belongings to a new house in Pollok.
Liz, 58, who moved to the north of England several years ago, said: “He is an animal and it repulses and sickens me that he has been freed. We have no right to know where he is. I retain to this day a fear and dread he will somehow come after me, no matter how unlikely it may seem. The anxiety and extreme distress this brings cannot easily be put into words. We will never get over what he did.
“He is an absolute animal and the injuries he inflicted on a little boy and girl, my beloved brother and sister, were the worst you could imagine.
“Two beautiful souls were taken from us in the most unimaginable way. What I saw all those years ago haunts me every single day. It will live with me forever. He is the worst of the worst.
Alexander Millar is pictured in 2014 as he volunteered at a gardening project in preparation for his release.
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