Peter Duffy killed brother John Paul and partner Emma Baillie in separate incidents in 2022.
Peter Duffy killed John Paul Duffy and Emma Baillie between March and April 2022, leaving his brother’s body under a pile of rubbish in his Coatbridge flat.Judge Lord Scott told the 47-year-old it had been a “wicked killing” after Duffy denied the charges at the High Court in Glasgow.Duffy claimed that he discovered the bodies of both Ms Baillie, 26, and Mr Duffy, 51, but did not report it as he thought he would get the blame.
Officers initially discovered the dead cat in a pool of blood in the hallway of the flat which was in a "state of disarray."One of the police officers present was later alerted to the discovery of his body under a pile of litter on another couch. She said Duffy, who had two bleeding wounds to the side of his neck, drifted in and out of consciousness.
He told a nurse he had to inflict the injuries upon himself as "he thought he would get the blame" for his brother's death.Jurors were told that Ms Baillie did not appear as a witness against Duffy at a domestic abuse trial on 17 March.Det Con Nicola Batton told the court it was found covered in clothing at the bottom of the couch in the living room.The court heard she had likely been dead "for around 12 days" and her body was in an advanced state of decomposition.