Woman’s body lay in murderer’s living room while he watched TV

A KILLER left his victim lying in his living room while he watched a football final on television, a court heard.

Norman Fraser, 58, murdered Michelle McCue at his home in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, in May this year.

He later visited a friend and told him: “She’s dead. If it wasn’t for the Champions League, I would report it.”

Fraser was arrested 48 hours after the killing. He was discovered sitting in a chair, smoking a cigarette as Miss McCue’s badly beaten corpse still lay beside him.

Fraser, nicknamed Fuzz by friends, denied a murder charge, claiming the 46-year-old had fallen after a struggle. But, a jury convicted him following a week-long trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Fraser faces life behind bars when he is sentenced next month.