Pensioner rape death denial

A YOUNG man yesterday went on trial accused of raping, robbing and murdering a pensioner in her own home.

Kevin Rooney, 26, is accused of attacking 74-year-old Rosina Sutherland, who suffered from mild dementia, at her house in Edinburgh last year. He is alleged to have killed her after ransacking her home in Longstone, sexually assaulting her, repeatedly hitting her and compressing her throat. He denies the allegations. The trial, at the High Court in Aberdeen, continues.