Tobin drops appeal over Vicky sentence

SERIAL killer Peter Tobin has dropped his appeal against his life sentence for murdering schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, it has been confirmed.

Tobin, 63, who is serving life for murdering three young women, was challenging his 30-year sentence for killing the teenager from Falkirk.

Miss Hamilton, 15, was abducted in Bathgate in West Lothian in 1991. Her remains were found 17 years later buried in the garden of Tobin's former home in Margate, Kent.

Judge Lord Emslie branded Tobin "unfit to live in a decent society" following his conviction at the High Court in Dundee in December 2008.

A court hearing as part of Tobin's appeal against the sentence he received for murdering Miss Hamilton was due to take place on Friday this week at the High Court in Edinburgh.

But the Scottish Court Service confirmed a Minute of Abandonment had been received and the appeal would not continue.