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World's End trial: Angus Sinclair admits having sex with victims World's End trial: Angus Sinclair admits having sex with victims
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A man accused of raping and murdering two teenage girls 37 years ago has admitted having sex with them.A man accused of raping and murdering two teenage girls 37 years ago has admitted having sex with them.
Angus Sinclair, 69, told the High Court in Livingston he had met Helen Scott and Christine Eadie in the World's End pub in Edinburgh in October 1977.Angus Sinclair, 69, told the High Court in Livingston he had met Helen Scott and Christine Eadie in the World's End pub in Edinburgh in October 1977.
Mr Sinclair denies raping and murdering the teenagers.Mr Sinclair denies raping and murdering the teenagers.
He said he had left the pub with the girls and his brother-in-law Gordon Hamilton in a caravanette.He said he had left the pub with the girls and his brother-in-law Gordon Hamilton in a caravanette.
Giving evidence, he said he had driven them to the nearby Holyrood Park where both girls had willingly had sex with both men.Giving evidence, he said he had driven them to the nearby Holyrood Park where both girls had willingly had sex with both men.
Mr Sinclair, who elected to give evidence on his own behalf, said he had only learned what had happened to the girls when he read about it in a newspaper three days later.Mr Sinclair, who elected to give evidence on his own behalf, said he had only learned what had happened to the girls when he read about it in a newspaper three days later.
'Not sober''Not sober'
He told Ian Duguid, prosecuting, he had arrived at the World's End pub at about 10:30 on Saturday 15 October 1977.He told Ian Duguid, prosecuting, he had arrived at the World's End pub at about 10:30 on Saturday 15 October 1977.
He said he had been fishing with his brother-in-law during the day and that he had also been fishing with him the night before in the dark at Cockenzie Power Station. Mr Sinclair said he had been fishing with his brother-in-law during the day and that he had also been fishing with him the night before in the dark at Cockenzie Power Station.
He said he had had one drink at the pub and the girls were not sober.He said he had had one drink at the pub and the girls were not sober.
He told the court that when they left the pub the girls walked in front as they went down St Mary's street towards his Toyota caravanette and the girls got in the van with him. He told the court that when they left the pub the girls walked in front as they went down St Mary's Street towards his Toyota caravanette and the girls got in the van with him.
Mr Duguid said: "Did you offer them a lift?"Mr Duguid said: "Did you offer them a lift?"
Mr Sinclair said: "Yes".Mr Sinclair said: "Yes".
"Were they agreeable about getting into your caravanette?," he was asked."Were they agreeable about getting into your caravanette?," he was asked.
Again he replied: "Yes".Again he replied: "Yes".
The accused said they drove to Arthur's seat a short distance from the World's End pub in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park.The accused said they drove to Arthur's seat a short distance from the World's End pub in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park.
Asked if the girls were agreeable to going there, Mr Sinclair said "I don't think they knew where they were." Asked if the girls were agreeable to going there, Mr Sinclair replied: "I don't think they knew where they were."
"But the idea was you would eventually give them a lift home?" Mr Duguid added: "But the idea was you would eventually give them a lift home?"
Mr Sinclair said: "Yes".Mr Sinclair said: "Yes".
'Chance my arm''Chance my arm'
Asked why he drove into the park, Mr Sinclair said "to chance my arm with the girls." Asked why he drove into the park, Mr Sinclair said "to chance my arm with the girls".
Mr Duguid said: "Did you think the girls were going to be receptive to you chancing your arm?"Mr Duguid said: "Did you think the girls were going to be receptive to you chancing your arm?"
Mr Sinclair said: "Yes".Mr Sinclair said: "Yes".
The accused had described how the back seat in the caravanette folded down into a double bed.The accused had described how the back seat in the caravanette folded down into a double bed.
He said that he then had sex with Christine Eadie and that she had not objected at all.He said that he then had sex with Christine Eadie and that she had not objected at all.
He assumed his brother-in-law on the bed next to him was having sex with Helen Scott. The court heard he assumed his brother-in-law on the bed next to him was having sex with Helen Scott.
He said they then swapped partners and he had sex with Helen Scott who had put her coat back on. Mr Sinclair said they then swapped partners and he had sex with Helen Scott who had put her coat back on.
He said she told him she was a virgin. He said she did not show any unwillingness. According to the accused, she told him she was a virgin. He said she did not show any unwillingness.
He said he found out that the girls were dead from newspapers on the Tuesday. Mr Sinclair said afterwards he drove the van so he could continue fishing at the spot near Cockenzie where he had been before, although he didn't know exactly where that was.
His brother-in-law and the girls were still in the back of the van, according to Mr Sinclair.
The jury heard he got his fishing gear out when they stopped and the girls got dressed again.
'Fell out'
Mr Sinclair said Mr Hamilton then drove the girls home and came back to join him fishing.
It was only, he insisted, when he read a newspaper report on the Tuesday that he found out the girls were dead.
He said he never went fishing again with Gordon Hamilton, that they fell out and although Gordon Hamilton died in 1996 he only learned about it in 2004.
Mr Sinclair is alleged to have gagged the girls, bound their wrists and tied a ligature around their necks.Mr Sinclair is alleged to have gagged the girls, bound their wrists and tied a ligature around their necks.
He denies inflicting blunt force injuries on Ms Eadie by repeatedly punching and kicking her on the body and biting her.He denies inflicting blunt force injuries on Ms Eadie by repeatedly punching and kicking her on the body and biting her.
He also denies forcing Ms Scott to walk barefoot into a field, ripping the strap from her handbag, repeatedly punching and kicking her on the head and body and stamping on her head.He also denies forcing Ms Scott to walk barefoot into a field, ripping the strap from her handbag, repeatedly punching and kicking her on the head and body and stamping on her head.
And he denies stealing clothing, footwear, jewellery and other personal effects from the teenagers in an attempt to pervert the course of justice.And he denies stealing clothing, footwear, jewellery and other personal effects from the teenagers in an attempt to pervert the course of justice.
The trial continues.The trial continues.