'Honey bunny' murderer gets life

A killer who stamped on and strangled his girlfriend in Edinburgh because she called him "honey bunny" has been jailed for at least 17 years.

Douglas Stockdale attacked girlfriend Alison Mack after she used the term, telling her that only his ex-girlfriend was allowed to call him by that name.

At the High Court in Aberdeen, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve a minimum of 17 years.



Ms Mack, 51, was left to die in a Lochend flat after the 8 March attack.

The 38-year-old was convicted of strangling and stamping on the mother-of-two's head, as well as the attempted murders of three other former partners.

Outside court Ms Mack's father Jimmy, 80, a retired security officer, said justice had not been served. He said the sentence was too short, adding: "He took my daughter's life and his life deserves to be forfeited."

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