Teen killer carried out street mugging on woman, 80, days before beating Edinburgh pensioner to death in his home

And teenage thug Aron McMillan appeared back in the dock at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to robbing a pensioner of her handbag last January.

Sheriff Donald Corke was told the teenager, and others unknown, assaulted the OAP by struggling within her and seizing her handbag and robbing her of it at Newtoft Street in Edinburgh on January 8 last year.

Two co-accused, who both cannot be identified due to being under 18, had their not guilty pleas accepted and they walked free from the dock.

McMillan, from the Burdiehouse area of the Capital, was sentenced to a 12-month prison sentence by Sheriff Corke which will run concurrently to his current lengthy sentence.

Just days after carrying out the mugging McMillan, his brother Keirin and a 16-year-old boy turned up at Mr Forsyth’s home in a bid to rob the property.

During the botched robbery the three brutes attacked and murdered the OAP on February 21 last year leaving him with 80 horrific injuries including extensive rib fractures.

The three were found guilty of murder by a jury last November and were jailed by Judge Lord Uist in January this year.

Following the sentencing, Det Insp Bob Campbell of Police Scotland said: “This attack on Alasdair was an unprovoked and cowardly act and the three individuals responsible have rightly been brought to justice.

“Knowing these teenagers will now spend a substantial period of time in prison is a welcome thought to the local community.”