Man convicted of Heather Stacey murder

A man who murdered his fiancé before cutting up her body and placing the body parts in bags around Edinburgh has been convicted of her murder.

• Heather Stacey

Shop worker Alan Cameron, 56, was found guilty at Livingston High Court today of murdering Heather Stacey and hiding her body within her own flat in the Granton area of the city.

The 44-year-old's body remained in the flat until Cameron began to dump the body parts.

The mother-of-four's head was discovered in an IKEA bag by an unsuspecting dog walker on Hogmanay 2008.

Cameron, who admitted dismembering her body, denied murder and claimed she died while he was out buying chips.

The jury took just three hours to convict Cameron of murdering Ms Stacey at her Royston Mains Place home between November 29 and 11 December 2007.

He was also found guilty of attempting to defeat the ends of justice and of stealing nearly 5,000 over 11 months from his victim's Post Office card account.

Detective Chief Inspector William Guild, who was involved in the investigation into her murder, welcomed the verdict delivered by the jury.

He said: "Today's verdict is testament to the hard work carried out by the police and prosecutors, who worked tirelessly to piece together the circumstances of this case.

"It is clear from his actions that Cameron is a callous and calculating individual, whose only thought after murdering Heather Stacey was how he could evade justice.

"For more than a year he carried on his life as normal while hiding Heather's body, before disposing of her remains in an utterly inhuman manner.

"The verdict that has been delivered today will hopefully provide some comfort to Heather Stacey's family, and I want to thank them for the assistance they gave police over the course of our investigation."