Arlene Fraser murder trial: court hears from Nat Fraser alibi

A witness has told the Arlene Fraser murder trial that her estranged husband had an alibi for the day she vanished.

Grant Fraser, 32, no relation, said he worked for Nat Fraser’s fruit and vegetable wholesale business as a “lorry boy” and had made routine deliveries in and around the Elgin area on 28 April, 1998.

Mr Fraser confirmed to the High Court in Edinburgh that Fraser had been with him the entire day and had never been out of his sight for more than a couple of minutes.

He also said that their lorry was distinctive and well-known in the town because it had cartoon characters of “Jamie Jaffa” and “Natalie Nectarine” after Fraser’s two children, Jamie and Natalie.

During the morning, Fraser had made a telephone call to a woman from a phone box in the centre of Elgin, added Mr Fraser. He had been calling her regularly for about a week.

Mr Fraser agreed with the defence solicitor-advocate, John Scott, QC, that Fraser had been “neither up nor down” that day.

Mr Scott asked: “There was nothing about his behaviour that struck you as unusual?”

Mr Fraser said: “No.”

Next day, however, Fraser had told him that Mrs Fraser had been reported missing and he looked very worried and upset.

“You could tell he was anxious and worried. As he said himself, he knew the finger would be pointed straight at him,” said Mr Fraser.

Fraser, 53, denies acting with others to murder his wife. He pleads alibi and incrimination, saying that a former friend, Hector Dick, and another or others were responsible if she was killed.

The trial continues.