Frew murder accused had knife as ‘back-up’

MURDER accused Craig Roy told a psychiatrist he took a knife with him as “back-up” when he went to meet schoolboy Jack Frew.

At the High Court in Glasgow yesterday, Dr Paul Gilluley, a consultant psychiatrist with West London Mental Health NHS Trust who also works with the Home Office, was giving evidence at the trial of Roy, 19, who denies murdering Jack in a wooded area in East Kilbride on 6 May 2010.

Dr Gilluley said he interviewed Roy, who now lives in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, for around five hours in August last year.

Roy admits killing Jack by stabbing him 20 times and slitting his throat, but denies murder.

Dr Gilluley told defence QC David Burns that Roy said Jack made him “feel dirty and guilty”.

Roy said he had had a sexual relationship with 16-year-old Jack, who threatened to tell Roy’s gay partner Christopher Hannah.

On 6 May 2010, Jack sent a suggestive sexual text to Roy. Dr Gilluley said: “Mr Roy felt sexually and physically threatened by Mr Frew. After the text he said he felt extremely angry with Mr Frew and said he had ‘pushed it too far, had pushed it in my face’.

“He said he had to confront the issue, as it had gone too far. He said he was in a rage. He said he decided he would take a knife with him. He said that when he challenged Mr Frew he had laughed at him. He said he’d wanted to feel in control, powerful. He said: ‘I only wanted to use it [the knife] for back-up.’”

The trial before Lord Doherty continues.