Justice for Willie Gage

Free Wullie Gage M8

2011-11-19T08:18:00.000-08:00

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This has been painted on the M8 motorway in Glasgow to highlight the plight of Wullie Gage

Wullie's appeal will be heard on 13th November 2011 at Edinburgh High Court. All Support is welcomed. The appeal should last till 18th December.

Appeal Date Set

2011-08-31T08:57:00.000-07:00

Wullie's appeal date has been set for 13th to the 18th December 2011 at Edinburgh's Court of Appeal.

Supporters are welcome to come along. The more the merrier.

New site Content

2011-04-24T10:50:00.000-07:00

All new content about William Gage is being added to

http://www.justiceforwilliamgage.webs.com/

As I lie here in this lonely prison cell

2011-02-16T03:33:00.000-08:00

As I lie here in this lonely prison cell
for a crime i did not commit
I know in my heart i am truly innocent of it!

How can a man be convicted on just his eyes?
Just shows the crown are still in disguise
I hope and pray everyday, another jury see through all these lies!

As long as I have life in me,
i will never accept these rules
A proper miscarige like all the rest
My life is in the hands of fools!

Everyday is dark, but theres still light
for I know there are soldiers still fighting the fight,
they stripped me of my liberty, and made my family cry!
but the man above knows who really told the lie

But like my fellow comrades before me
who suffered at their hands,
I'll keep on pushing till they meet my DEMANDS !!!

Written by Steven Clifford For Wullie Gage, God Bless You Mate !

Sunday Post: Megrahi expert aids appeal

2010-11-21T15:21:00.000-08:00

Court Date

2010-10-21T08:51:00.000-07:00

Wullie Gage is in Edinburgh High Court on 9th,10th and 11th November.

This is not an appeal but an argument to see what evidence they will be using for the appeal.

Supporters are welcomed.

Wullie says Thank You

2010-01-22T15:31:00.000-08:00

Wullie Gage and his family have asked me to thank everyone on their behalf for the many cards of support and sympathy that they have received.

Wullie received so many cards and it really has meant a lot to him and his family to receive such love and support at this very sad time.

They were also very heartened today by the huge turn out at his dad, Bill Gage's funeral today. So thank you to all who attended.

Wullie got to be at the funeral and got to spend a short time with the people who came to pay their respects to Bill, whom so many where fond of. That really helped Wullie a lot, knowing that so many people had such respect for his dad.

So thank you to everyone who attended or sent cards. It has been more appreciated than you will ever know.

Dedicated to Wullie Gage

2010-01-14T06:03:00.001-08:00

Written by Steven Clifford

Steven Clifford's music can be heard on

www.bebo.com/stevenRclifford

www.myspace.com/saintstevenclifford

Verse 1

As I lie here in my lonely prison cell
for a crime I did not commit
i know in my heart
I am truly innocent of it

How can a man be convicted on just his eyes?
Just shows the crown are still in disguise !
Ihope and pray everyday
another jury see through all these lies

Verse 2

As long as I have life in me
I will never accept these rules
a sheer miscarige, like all the rest
my life is in the hands of fools !

Everyday is dark but there's still light
for I know there are soldiers still fighting the fight
they stripped me of my liberty, and made my family cry
but the man above knows, who really told the lie

Chorus...but like my fellow comrades before me, who suffered at their hands
I'll keep on smiling, till they meet my DEMANDS !!!!!!

Compassion Denied

2010-01-14T01:16:00.000-08:00

William Gage, who is in jail for the murder of Justin McAlroy, asked to be released following the death of his father.

A man who is serving life for the hit-man murder of a millionaire's son has failed in his latest bid to be released from jail.

William Gage, 38 - who has been protesting his innocence for almost eight years - asked appeal judges on Wednesday to let him return to his family because his dad had just died.

In what became known as the "Red Rose" murder, Gage was found guilty of gunning down Justin McAlroy in Acacia Way, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, as he returned home to his pregnant wife.

Widow Tracey McAlroy later told a trial she would always remember the staring eyes of the hooded assassin who pumped five bullets into her husband as he stepped out of his Mercedes. The trial in Glasgow had heard 30-year-old McAlroy was murdered over a £50,000 drug debt.

Gage, originally of Hillhead, Glasgow, had already lost one attempt to overturn his conviction but the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission - which examines possible miscarriages of justice - has asked the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh to take another look.

Defence QC Margaret Scott told the court on Wednesday there were "substantial" grounds for the appeal and that Gage's father had passed away after a terminal illness on January 12. Ms Scott said: "Gage seeks to be with his family and support them. He has been in custody since 2002."

Advocate depute Alex Prentice QC told the court the application should be refused. He said: "It was premeditated murder involving the use of a firearm in a residential street in the evening."

Lord Reed, sitting with Lord Kingarth and Lord Carloway, told Gage they were not persuaded that he should be released, pending the outcome of his new appeal. The judge said the court extended its sympathy in light of the recent tragic events but this was not grounds alone and the application was refused. A date for the appeal has not yet been set.

After the fatal shooting in March 2002 it was revealed McAlroy had been living a double life. His father, builder Tommy McAlroy owned Dalziel Country Park and Golf Club and also had hotel and property interests.

But Justin McAlroy was dealing heroin and a detective from the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency told the trial that he had been a target for surveillance for three years.

Last updated: 13 January 2010, 15:49

Source: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/150222-red-rose-murderer-fails-in-appeal-bid/

Send a Sympathy card

2010-01-13T06:28:00.000-08:00

Please let Wullie Gage know that people are thinking of him at this very sad time. Send a sympathy card for him to

Mr William Gage
2319
C3/15
HMP Shotts
Lanarkshire
ML7 4LE

Mr Bill Gage

2010-01-12T11:01:00.000-08:00

Sadly this morning, 12th January 2010, Wullie's dad, Bill Gage passed away.

Bill had suffered from cancer for a time and he had hoped to live long enough to see Wullie walk free from the court of appeal.

Sadly this was not to be.

Although he lived long enough to know that Wullie has a lot of support and also was referred to the court of appeal by the SCCRC.

Wullie did get a final visit with his dad yesterday which is a blessing too.

At least he did get the chance to say goodbye to his dad.

May Bill now rest in peace.

Wullie has a bail hearing tomorrow at the High Court in Edinburgh. If anyone can attend the court to show support then please do so.

It is exceptionally hard on a person when they are fighting for justice and their freedom when something like this happens. Its yet another injustice heaped upon injustice.

Our thoughts are with Wullie and his family at this sad time.

Wullie speaks directly to Four People.

2010-01-06T06:50:00.000-08:00

I must speak directly to some people. To the legitimate witnesses, you did your public duty and told the truth, so I thank you. To the perjurers, Tracy Macalroy you at least had an excuse for your crime, you were manipulated and brainwashed and I forgive you completely, despite the damage you have done to me. Steven Madden and Agnes Edgar, I ask you both to come forward and tell the truth. What did the police do to you in order to persuade you to tell the catalogue of lies that cost me my life? Whatever it was I realise that you had little choice and are not the actual guilty party, I am convinced that it was the police, so I also forgive you completely, however, I ask you to cleanse yourselves by coming forward and telling the truth. Ian Bowman, unfortunately you have now lost your 32 year old son, Charles Bowman. He was cut down during a sword fight in the street, just as surely as I was cut down by the sword of injustice in court. You have now felt the pain that you caused my Dad, when you told lies against me that resulted in me being wrongfully snatched away.

I wonder if you will now do the right thing, come forward and tell the truth?

William Gage: Love Wins Book Updated

2010-01-06T06:43:00.000-08:00

William Gage has updated his writing of the book Love Wins. Here are some excerpts of it. But you can download the book which is 80 pages on http://www.free4allbooks.com/

Quote:

Steven Madden and Agnes Edgar could not have seen a white car, because the CCTV footage shows that they were not even there in that part of Cambuslang at that time. You can get life in jail for perjury in a murder trial, so they did not tell those lies for fun. Steven Madden and Agnes Edgar have mentioned in statements that they were pressured by police. It is clear to me that they were both forced to lie by the police. Charles Bowman (now deceased) has also admitted that he was pressured to tell lies by the police. Those three witnesses were brutalised to tell lies about having seen a white car. The police and the Crown then illegally withheld the CCTV footage, which showed the truth. There was no white car at the scene, and the white car found at the edge of Easterhouse, had never left that road that night. CCTV footage also shows Justin Macalroy’s journey home and proves that he was never on the main road in Cambuslang that night. The police kept the truth hidden, then manufactured false evidence to link a white car to the crime.

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Only now that the trial was over did Jim Keegan let me see the witness statements that had been written by the police. I could not believe my eyes, the case should not have gone to court, never mind cost me my life. I was furious as the realisation came that the authorities had been at a blatant stitch up, they had made no mistake here, this was a determined destruction of justice, and some of the previous information that I have written in this book, was only brought to my attention at this late point. Tracy Macalroy had given the police Nine different and conflicting statements, (I had previously been made aware of five). Steven Madden and Agnes Edgar, as well as, Ian Bowman, and Charles Bowman, had all made a number of statements and with every contact with the police, in the lead up to my arrest, they had given more detailed and more damning statements that get more ridiculous as they go along. Anyone who looks at the statements of those five false witnesses, can see that they were all apparently terrorised by the police, and they all subsequently committed perjury for the Crown perhaps in order to facilitate my wrongful incarceration.

On 24th April this year my Dad had an unrelated scan, and the doctor noticed a shadow. One month later, he had a lung scan and the devastating news came back that he has lung cancer. By then he was 74 years old and not suitable for surgery or chemotherapy, so they gave him two weeks of radiotherapy. Another scan revealed that the cancer in his lungs had stabilised, but he now had problems in his thighs and hips. He had one more day of radiotherapy and we are awaiting news to see how he is doing.

One week after being diagnosed, he managed to come up to see me at a visit and he seemed strong. The radiotherapy took a lot out of him and further visits were impossible. I applied for a compassionate escorted home visit, and on 21st August they chained me onto a guard and drove me to my Dad’s house. We drove straight along Great Western Road and I tried to snatch glimpses of as much of the scenery as possible. It had been more than seven years since I had been near my home and I found it just as beautiful and bewildering as a prison release day. Once inside my Dad’s house, I remained chained onto one guard while another took notes about everything that was said and done. I forced myself to ignore the guards and the chains, and to focus completely on my Mum and Dad. If this turned out to be the last time that I saw my dear Dad alive then I did not want to focus on (or remember) the guards and the fact that I was chained up. I could see that my Mum was really upset about the chains. She asked the guards if they wanted a copy of my book. They declined but she went and got them one each anyway. It was her way to get them back for having me chained up. They possibly dumped the books in the nearest bin, but getting them to take copies, served to ease my Mum’s pain a wee bit. It was an amazing experience to actually sit at home in the company of my Mum and Dad, and I savoured every second of it. My Dad has lost 3.5 stone and his body looks weak and frail, however, his spirit is great and the glow from his handsome face lit up the room, as it always has. My Mum is a natural healer and her presence strengthened him. To see my Dad lose so much weight is very painful for me and it must be one thousand times worse for him. He has always been a bear of a man. A lifetime of hard work and physical training made him fit and healthy. I can’t remember my Dad ever being unwell. Many of my memories of him are of his athletic build, and in particular his biceps were big and rock hard. It does not seem so long ago now that I would use my Dad as a climbing frame and would get him to hold up his arm and tense his biceps, then I would climb up and swing from his arm. During the visit I noticed that he only had two books near him, where he has always had dozens about, and he would often be reading several at once, picking each one up in turn as his mood and interest dictated. He is now on morphine as a painkiller and that, no doubt, has tired him and slowed his thirst for reading. The one hour visit was over in a flash. My clearest memory of it is my Mum’s smiling face and my Dad’s strong face and glowing spirit. I wrote my dad a letter and said all of the things that are most important to me and between us. I broke my heart writing that letter. Saying goodbye at the end of it was perhaps the hardest and most constructive thing that I’ve ever done. I had to come to terms with the fact that I may never get to spend a private moment with my Dad ever again. I consoled myself with the thought that I have been blessed to have my Dad with me for almost forty years. He is my best friend, my protector, my teacher, my hero, the source of my pride and I love him dearly. I do not want him to go, but I am certain that when it happens, our ancestors will be there to receive and enlighten him. He recently said that he just wants to stay alive long enough to see me set free. I tried to make a joke of it and said that he would have to break a Guinness world record to achieve that goal. Words cant describe my agony at not being able to walk out of here and take care of my Dad. Thankfully we have loving people in our family and they are all doing their best to care for him.

On 11th June this year, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
(SCCRC) granted me permission to have my case heard in the court of appeal. The Human Rights solicitor Aamer Anwar had worked for free for all that time, and he has again managed to get me the reputed best appeal lawyer in Scotland, Maggie Scott QC, with the Advocate Clair Mitchell also on the defence team. The SCCRC have not been able to explain why it took them three years, three months to conclude my case. They have literally stolen a significant part of my life. The evidence in my case speaks for itself and is clear proof that I should be set free. Everyone in the Scottish legal circle knows that I am innocent and that I have been stitched up. Scottish QC’s and English Barristers are all in agreement that I could not have suffered this injustice in England, or in any other country which has an adversarial legal system like ours. It is apparently only in Scotland that such corrupt practices can be rubber stamped by judges. My coming appeal will show the world the true face of Scots law. Throughout the previous chapter I mentioned my desperate attempts to get copies of the police CCTV footage. After fighting for years to get access to it, my defence team were permitted to view two tapes, (view not keep copies, and they made us pay over £400 in cash for the privilege). One tape shows that Steven Madden and Agnes Edgar were not on the main road in Cambuslang at that time that night. Also, the white car was not there, Justin Macalroy was not there, and I was not there. Crucially, a still photograph from another CCTV tape (at the local school) shows exactly where Justin Macalroy was at that precise moment, it proves that he was never on the main road in Cambuslang at all that night. The Crown illegally kept those tapes hidden in order to hide the fact that they had made up the entire story about the white car in Cambuslang, and they perverted the course of justice by knowingly using false witnesses to tell those lies to the jury.

Christmas Cards for Scottish Prisoners

2009-12-04T13:13:00.001-08:00

Christmas time is the most difficult for people in prison. It is even more difficult when you have evidence of innocence like these people below.

We can help brighten a prisoners day by sending a card to them to let them know that they are not forgotten by people on the outside world.

Below is a small list of prisoners whom I am sure would appreciate a bit of Christmas Cheer. If anyone has any other names and addresses to add please post them here or send me a private message.

Mr William Gage
2319
C3/15
HMP Shotts
Lanarkshire
ML7 4LE

Mr Patrick Docherty
17841
Forth A32
HMP Addiwell
Station Road
Addiwell
West Lothian
EH55 8QA

Mr Nat Fraser
Cell 3/08
47143 C / Hall
HMPrison
Perth
PH2 8FT

Mr Brendan Dixon 14854
HMP Dumfries
Terreagles Street
Dumfries
DG29AX

Mr Luke Mitchell
HMPrison
Perth
PH2 8FT

Wullie Gage Campaign

2009-06-12T10:10:00.000-07:00

At last there seems to be some light at the end of the long tunnel that William Gage and his family have endured for the past 7 plus years.

The Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission finally made their decision to refer William Gage's case to the appeal courts. See http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=396 for the grounds of referral.

We who support Wullie Gage are delighted that the SCCRC have referred the case for appeal and we thank them for doing so. If it wasn't for the SCCRC investigating this case then Wullie would not have the chance to finally prove his innocence. So far that, family, friends and supporters are deeply grateful.

Sadly though, Mr Bill Gage, William's father, is now terminally ill with cancer. I spoke with Mr Gage Senior and he said that he was absolutely delighted to hear this news. It had been a long time coming. He says he is not afraid of dying. What he fears is dying before William is freed and exonerated for the crime he was wrongfully convicted of. All he wants to be able to do is put his arms around his son and be able to spend time with his son as a free man. We pray that this will be made possible. Mr Gage Senior has suffered enough due to this injustice and now cancer. He has committed no crime. And he has steadfastly stood by Wullie and supported him totally. His belief in his son's innocence is unwaivering.

The tragedy of all of this is that the Gage family have lost precious years due to Wullie being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and now that the end could be in sight, Mr Gage Senior is so seriously ill. It all seems so unfair indeed.

We who support Wullie's fight for truth and justice are hoping and praying that Wullie is freed so that he can spend precious time with his dad.

It really would be heaping injustice upon injustice if Wullie was not allowed to spend that special time with his dad and his loved ones. We hope that the courts will see fit to show some compassion in this tragic situation. Time is running out and Mr Gage Senior is about to embark on an intense Radiotherapy treatment in a bid to make him feel a little better. It will not cure him but should hopefully make his life a little more bearable. There is no operation which can help and chemotherapy cannot help either. Mr Gage is too ill to have surgery anyway.

It would be absolutely devastating to Mr Gage Snr and the family if Wullie did not get freed before things go too far for him, with the cancer.

It would be equally devastating of course to Wullie, if anything else happened to his dad before he was freed.

Wullie is delighted of course that this has finally happened but there is a deep sadness in him for the time he has lost with his family and the fact that his dad is so ill.

Wullie has a huge amount of supporters and he thanks everyone for their love and support.

Details of Wullie's case can be read on: : Mojoscotland@mac.com : www.whygage.com and http://www.justiceforwilliamgage.webs.com/

It is agony having to wait. I feel like I have been buried alive and that no matter how hard I scream for help the authorities don't seem to care.' William Gage

Hopefully now Wullie will realise that the authorities are indeed listening and that they will rectify this miscarriage of justice in a speedy manner.

Please send Wullie cards of support and encouragement:

William Gage
# 2319 c3/15
HMP Shotts/ Lanarkshire

ML7 4LE
SCOTLAND

Thank you

Karen Torley and Wullie Gage's Supporters.

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. . Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all..." Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986.

Some details of the case

On the night of March 7, 2002 drug baron Justin McAlroy was gunned down on the driveway of his home in Cambuslang, Glasgow.

Second-hand car dealer William Gage was jailed for life in 2004 when three eyewitnesses told a jury they saw a white getaway vehicle leaving the scene.

A white SAAB was later found in Glasgow's Easterhouse, partly burnt out.

Much reliance was placed on a white SAAB being the car used in the commission of this murder.

There was absolutely no evidence, no CCTV Footage and no identification of Gage, which one would expect

Evidence at trial related to a White Maestro, Metro, Volvo 440 and one witness saying the car he saw was "Not a SAAB”

The other differing statements given at trial, shows that at least some witnesses must have given “inaccurate” information.

The judge described the evidence of McAlroy’s wife as uncorroborated and extremely contradictory

The Judge directed that the jury must find Gage guilty of the second charge which relates to the white car, to have enough evidence to convict for the murder. Basically the judge was saying there was no evidence of the murder if the car could not be tied to it.

The jury found him not guilty on the second charge and guilty of Murder.

Not only did the jury not listen to the judge in law issues such as there was no proof, they totally went against all the judges directions.
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Even the trial judge, Lord Emslie, has expressed doubts over the conviction.

In a report to appeal judges, it is believed, Lord Emslie claimed many juries would have refused to convict with such circumstantial evidence.

Extract from an Appeal.

Extract
Since Stephen Madden had only seen the passenger in the white car from a front view, someone with hair in a pony tail might look like someone with short hair. The assessment of the evidence of Stephen Madden and Agnes Edgar was entirely a matter for the jury. It would not be surprising if the jury decided to pay little or no attention to their evidence,

Stephen maddens evidence was relied upon for conviction, At best his evidence was he saw a White Metro Or Maestro and he did not identify Gage.
Both Madden and Edgar were reluctant witnesses but for a judge to claim it would not be surprising if the jury decided to pay little or no attention to their evidence is shocking.
Is this because their evidence supports Gage's case ?

Extract
Turning to the evidence of Charles Bowman, the Advocate depute submitted that Mr. Bowman's evidence vouched the proposition that the car recovered from Easterhouse was at least similar to the one which Mr. Bowman had seen in Newton Station Road. Contrary to the trial judge's view at page 12 of his report, Mr. Bowman's evidence, if accepted, was consistent with the abandoned Saab being the getaway car.

Mr Bowman claimed to have seen a white Volvo 440 and only after being shown the white SAAB did he say it was similar.
Apart from leading this witness the police tactics in showing him the White SAAB which was recovered from Easterhouse severely taints his evidence.
At its highest his evidence is capable of showing it was a Volvo used and not a SAAB.
Besides this evidence there is the witness Kearns who doesn't seem to have been heard at appeal.
His evidence supports the car not being a white SAAB and his reason for remembering it was not a SAAB was because he had once owned a SAAB and he would have remembered if the car in question had been a white SAAB.
This evidence supports Gage and not as suggested at his appeal the Crown case

NEWS UPDATE:Case Referred by SCCRC

2009-06-11T04:55:00.000-07:00

Wullie Gage's case has finally been referred for appeal by the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission, today 11 June 2009.

Hoping that finally the truth and justice will prevail and Wullie can be reuninted with his family.

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2008-11-28T05:07:00.001-08:00

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Doubts of A Judge

2008-09-23T09:12:00.001-07:00

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Conflicting testimony and claims of police pressure revealed in drug baron’s murder

2008-09-23T05:45:00.001-07:00

NEW EVIDENCE which calls into question one of Scotland's most notorious murder convictions has been uncovered by a Sunday Herald investigation.

Drug baron Justin McAlroy was gunned down on his driveway in Glasgow's Cambuslang only six days after wining and dining Labour VIPs Jack McConnell and John Reid at a dinner to raise funds for the party in 2002.

Second-hand car dealer William Gage was jailed for life in 2004 when three eyewitnesses told a jury they saw a white getaway vehicle leaving the scene. A similar vehicle was later found in Glasgow's Easterhouse, partly burnt out, with Gage's DNA and firearms residue on clothes left inside.

But the Sunday Herald has discovered that vital evidence - including allegations of police pressure which could have collapsed the trial - was withheld from the jury.

The Miscarriages of Justice Organisation said it would now be making a fresh submission to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in a bid to get the conviction quashed.

Organiser John McManus said: "We always knew there were very serious doubts hanging over this case. Now it seems there is perhaps something more sinister."

Gage sensationally sacked his legal team in the middle of an appeal hearing. It was too late for his new lawyers to enter fresh arguments.

But it was during that failed appeal last year that the Crown admitted that the evidence of three eyewitnesses - Charles Bowman, Stephen Madden and Agnes Edgar - was crucial to the conviction. Without their testimony there is nothing to link the white Saab and Gage's DNA in Easterhouse to the murder scene in Cambuslang.

At the original trial, Madden and Edgar claimed to have been driving together past a building site near the murder scene when they saw a man running towards the getaway car.

Madden recalled one of the vehicle's headlights was broken and the other on full. The white car then followed them 100 yards to Newton Station railway bridge where both cars stopped to let another pass through the narrow tunnel.

But his testimony is starkly at odds with evidence given by Bowman, the third eyewitness. Bowman - a security guard at the building site - insisted the white car had driven under the bridge at high speed, without stopping and with no headlights on at all.

The differing statements show that at least one of the two parties must have given inaccurate information.

On the night of March 7, 2002, Bowman was the sole guard on duty when the killer struck. Two colleagues had warned that he could not possibly be right - yet their evidence was never put before the jury.

In a defence statement, site foreman Fraser Cathcart said: "I would be very, very surprised if anyone could see very much in Newton Station Road from the window.

"First, you would have to bend over the desk and you could see only the top half of Newton Station Road towards the roundabout and then only a very small part of it anyway.

"You would be able only to see the east side of Newton Station Road."

Bowman claimed the white car was on the west side.

Site joiner James McKinlay - in a defence precognition - also insisted the view was obstructed. But even more damning were his accounts of long lunchtime conversations he had with his friend Bowman.

McKinlay recalled: "Charlie would often talk to me about it ... The gist of what he told me was that, basically, he had seen very little and heard only the screech of tyres. He went to the front window to look but could only see the rear of a motor vehicle.

"He told me that the police were trying to put a bit of pressure' on him to say that what he had seen was a white car but he did say that what he had seen was definitely not a white car that the police had suggested.

"Also, he said that he had had a few cans' that night and that his memory was unsure.

"Charlie had had a number of citations to attend court in relation to the matter and always during such periods the conversation would come back to the case again and what he had seen that night."

Edgar told the court she had been in the passenger seat of Madden's Renault Laguna when she saw the white car and a man running towards it, something she had repeatedly told the police in two statements to detectives.

But away from the murder squad interview room, the 15-year-old had a different story to tell. As far back as August 2002, the troubled youngster was complaining of police intimidation.

In a statement given to Gage's original legal team, Edgar - who was receiving psychiatric counselling at the time of her interview by detectives - insisted: "I cannot recall what type or colour of the car sic.

"I have been interviewed a couple of times by the police ... I was given a hard time by them. I have tried to forget what happened and to put it behind me."

ON the stand, Edgar claimed that the police had tampered with her statement regarding the killer's clothing. She told the court: "I only signed that statement so I could get away because I was in really bad pain and I don't believe that an officer could actually keep a 15-year-old girl in so much pain in an interview room.

"I'm sorry but I don't like to be ... told that I can't have a psychiatrist or a social worker when I need it."

The final piece of evidence casting doubt on Gage's murder conviction relates to Madden's description of the getaway car. The takeaway delivery driver was adamant the getaway vehicle's left headlight was broken, but, according to two separate tests carried out in the days after the murder by three detectives and a specialist Saab mechanic, the headlights were in full working order.

This vital evidence shows that either Madden's testimony was seriously flawed or, if correct, it was a completely different car that was found in Easterhouse. Whichever is the case, Gage's conviction would seem untenable.

McAlroy was murdered six days after a Red Rose Dinner event hosted by his father Tommy, a Labour Party donor in McConnell's Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.

Gage, 34, was arrested two months after the killing and was later jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 20 years.

FREE ME AND I'LL MOVE ABROAD

2008-09-23T05:44:00.001-07:00

Oct 21 2005

CONVICTED killer William Gage said he will move abroad if appeal judges set him free today. Gage, 33, has protested his innocence since being sentenced to 20 years for the murder of drug dealer Justin McAlroy in February 2004.

Today, he goes before the High Court in Edinburgh in a bid to clear his name. Speaking from Shotts Prison, he said: 'If they do the right thing and set me free, I intend to move abroad and hopefully never be heard of again.'

A campaign claiming his case was a miscarriage of justice has been gathering momentum.

It is understood even the trial judge, Lord Emslie, has expressed doubts over the conviction.

In a report to appeal judges, it is believed, Lord Emslie claimed many juries would have refused to convict with such circumstantial evidence.

It was claimed Gage shot McAlroy, 28, five times outside his home in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, over a £50,000 drug debt in March 2002.

Gage said he was beginning to lose hope of being released. He added:'I can't imagine this wrongful imprisonment coming to an end.'

World renowned Professor Valentine calls into question the Verdict in the Gage Case.

2008-09-23T02:26:00.001-07:00

Much reliance was placed on a white SAAB being the car used in the commission of this murder.
There was DNA linking Gage to this SAAB but no evidence it left Easterhouse in the East end af Glasgow Travelled to Cambuslang and Back to Easterhouse
When i say no evidence i mean there was absolutely no evidence, No CCTV Footage and no eye sightings which one would expect.
The evidence at Trial taken at it's highest related to at best to a White Maestro, Metro, Volvo 440 and one witness saying the car he saw was "Not A SAAB"

The Judge in this case directed that the Jury must find Gage Guilty of the second charge to have enough evidence to convict for the murder.
The Jury found him not Guilty on the second charge and guilty of Murder.

Absolutely shocking verdict because it shows not only did the jury not listen to the judge in Law issues such as no proof but they totally went against all the judges directions.
The first charge the judge said did not have sufficient evidence he even described the evidence of the Wife as Uncorroborated and Extremely Contradictory.
Basically the judge was saying there was no evidence of the murder if the car could not be tied to it.
The judge was therefore wrong to allow this case to proceed.

No case to answer should have been submitted but despite all this evidence Mr Gage's Solicitor Advocate agrees at his appeal there was a sufficiency of evidence.

No points for Guessing who his advocate was then -------------- Yes the very same one i have complained about for twenty six years now.

Lets hope SCCRC agree with Professor Tim Valentine that the evidence of the wife, after giving five previous statements all of a sudden changes her evidence to describe clothes the police showed her on a Tailors dummy which totally contradict her five previous statements.

Her evidence at best and taken at it's highest was only that Gage had the same eyes, No wonder the judge described it as contradictory and uncorroborated Yet Gage lies in Jail awaiting the outcome of SCCRC investigation to see if he will be able to appeal.

Extract and comment from Appeal

2008-09-23T02:24:00.000-07:00

Extract
Since Stephen Madden had only seen the passenger in the white car from a front view, someone with hair in a pony tail might look like someone with short hair. The assessment of the evidence of Stephen Madden and Agnes Edgar was entirely a matter for the jury. It would not be surprising if the jury decided to pay little or no attention to their evidence,

Stephen maddens evidence was relied upon for conviction, At best his evidence was he saw a White Metro Or Maestro and he did not identify Gage.
Both Madden and Edgar were reluctant witnesses but for a judge to claim it would not be surprising if the jury decided to pay little or no attention to their evidence is shocking.
Is this because their evidence supports Gage's case ?

Extract
Turning to the evidence of Charles Bowman, the Advocate depute submitted that Mr. Bowman's evidence vouched the proposition that the car recovered from Easterhouse was at least similar to the one which Mr. Bowman had seen in Newton Station Road. Contrary to the trial judge's view at page 12 of his report, Mr. Bowman's evidence, if accepted, was consistent with the abandoned Saab being the getaway car.

Mr Bowman claimed to have seen a white Volvo 440 and only after being shown the white SAAB did he say it was similar.
Apart from leading this witness the police tactics in showing him the White SAAB which was recovered from Easterhouse severely taints his evidence.
At its highest his evidence is capable of showing it was a Volvo used and not a SAAB.
Besides this evidence there is the witness Kearns who doesn't seem to have been heard at appeal.
His evidence supports the car not being a white SAAB and his reason for remembering it was not a SAAB was because he had once owned a SAAB and he would have remembered if the car in question had been a white SAAB.
This evidence supports Gage and not as suggested at his appeal the Crown case