He had already spent much of his teenage years in and out of facilities for youth offenders. Edinburgh-born Alastair Thompson, at only eighteen years old, was about to commit a heinous crime that would see him put behind bars for over a decade and a half. *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING *** Complete our listener survey to be in with a chance of winning a copy of our new book ‘They Walk Among Us’: https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/vrBxnUCOURT DOCUMENTS and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: Newcastle Journal, Irish Independent, Aberdeen Evening Express, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Liverpool Echo, Herald Scotland, Evening Telegraph, The Courier and The Sun. More information can be found on our website at https://theywalkamonguspodcast.comBecome a ‘Patreon Producer’ and get early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcasts credits! Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs MUSIC: Relapse by White HexVirtual Light by Houses of HeavenBreathing Planet by Doug MaxwellUnderworld by MyuuEther Real by Density & TimeLullabye by Density & TimeGaia in Fog by Dan BodanFor R&S by Density & TimeTimelapsed Tides by Asher FuleroSpookster by Wayne JonesAll music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_PodcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcast Acast - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongus  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy