Two men charged with Lewis murder

Two men appeared in private at court yesterday accused of murdering teenager Liam Aitchison in Stornoway.

Stefan Miller, 20, and Jonathan MacKinnon, 21, made a second appearance from custody at Inverness Sheriff Court.

Both are accused of murdering 16-year-old Liam at Steinish, Stornoway, on 22 November, a week after he had been reported missing.

Regional procurator-fiscal Andrew Laing said the pair had both been fully committed for trial and remanded in custody.

The two men were both judicially examined before Sheriff Ian Abercrombie yesterday afternoon.

The court appearance came on the same day as a memorial service was held for the teenager, originally from Uist.

He is the first alleged murder victim on Lewis for 43 years.

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