Mum hits out at killer priest

A GRIEVING mother has accused the Lothians church minister who killed her son of lying about the tragedy, it was reported today.

The Rev Keith Johnston revealed he had served a sentence for stabbing to death his friend Steven Hughes when he was 16. He was sentenced to seven years for culpable homicide in 1990 but is now a minister at Dalkeith Baptist Church.

But Steven's mum, June Deans, has reportedly contradicted his claim that the fatal blow was struck after a fight.

She said: "There was no fight. Steven was lured out of his house and stabbed. He was killed in cold blood and Johnston's account is an affront to his memory."