Suzanne Pilley murder trial: Killer’s cold-hearted denial in front of cameras

DAVID Gilroy denied killing Suzanne Pilley, and insisted police would clear him, in a live television interview as he got out his car outside his home on 21 May, 2010 – 17 days after her disappearance.

Interviewer: “Can I ask, did you kill Suzanne Pilley?”

Gilroy: “I’ve got nothing to say. I’ve assisted the police with questions, that’s the extent of things. Suzanne and I had a relationship until January of this year when I moved back to the family home with my wife and children. That’s when the relationship ended. I’ve assisted the police. The police asked me to voluntarily go back today, which I did, and I assisted the police again today, as they’re doing with other people.”

Interviewer: “What were your movements on the morning of 4 May when she went missing?”

Gilroy: “I’m not able to talk about things as a result of what I’ve been discussing with the police.”

Interviewer: “One question, did you go to the Rest and Be Thankful on 5 May?”

Gilroy: “No.”

Interviewer: “What were you doing that day?”

Gilroy: “I was not at Rest and Be Thankful, that’s for sure.”

Interviewer: “The evidence would tend to suggest that there was a motive for murder, a motive for you murdering Suzanne Pilley.”

Gilroy: “That’s something that I’m not aware of.”

Interviewer: “Where were you on 5 May?”

Gilroy: “Work.”

Interviewer: “Where were you on 4 May . . . ”

Gilroy: “I was at work.”

Interviewer: “… on the day that she went missing in Thistle Street, in Edinburgh?”

Gilroy: “In Edinburgh, yes, I was in Edinburgh.”

Interviewer: “When was the last time that you saw Suzanne?”

Gilroy: “About four weeks ago. Probably.”

Interviewer: “What was the exchange then? What were your dealings on that day with her?”

Gilroy: “We purely had a discussion about the return of some other possessions of mine, and me to assist her with completing her flat, which I had been doing as a friend.”

Interviewer: “There’s clearly a belief in some quarters that you are a murderer, that you killed Suzanne Pilley. What do you say to that?”

Gilroy: “Well, that’s not the case, and the police will do their investigations and time will show that I don’t have anything to answer to. That’s all I’ve got to say.”

Interviewer: “What would you say to the relatives of Suzanne Pilley?”

Gilroy: “Obviously, I would say the same as everybody is. Everybody’s worried. I don’t know her mum and dad very well. I only met them a couple of times, but everybody would be concerned and that’s all I would say.”