{"id":455904,"date":"2026-03-03T20:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455904\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:46:07","slug":"domestic-abuser-convicted-of-killing-wife-who-jumped-from-bridge-in-scotland-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455904\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic abuser convicted of killing wife who jumped from bridge in Scotland | Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has been convicted of killing his wife after she took her own life following a campaign of domestic abuse, in what is the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kimberly Milne, 28, died after jumping from a motorway bridge in July 2023. Her husband Lee Milne, 39, from Dundee, had denied culpable homicide and a separate charge of domestic abuse, but was found guilty following a trial.<\/p>\n

The high court in Glasgow heard from prosecutors that the couple had got together in late 2021, and Milne had abused Kimberly from soon into the relationship until the day she died.<\/p>\n

The couple had married in 2022, and the court heard Kimberly had suffered significant domestic abuse in the 18 months leading up to her death. Milne was also convicted of engaging in a course of abusive conduct towards his wife.<\/p>\n

Before her death, Kimberly had spoken to police about an incident in 2022 in which Milne choked her, the court heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cLee and I were in his home and he went through my phone,\u201d she had told officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe saw messages from other men before we were together. He got angry and started to shout and swear at me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said he had also called her offensive names, and added: \u201cImmediately after this he put both hands around my neck and pinned me against the kitchen wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a while he swapped his hands, pressed his right forearm against my neck.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few seconds passed and he let go and started crying, saying how sorry he was.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another incident, in late 2022, Kimberly told police: \u201cLee repeatedly punched my ribs and I was begging him not to hurt me but he was not listening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt unsafe so I decided not to leave that night. I slept with a knife under my pillow as I was so frightened of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court heard that on one occasion, Milne pulled Kimberly to the ground by her hair, later apologising and claiming he was \u201cnot that type of guy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Milne had argued he was not responsible for Kimberly\u2019s death, which he said was \u201ca terrible loss\u201d but said she had longstanding mental health issues, and had made suicide attempts<\/p>\n

Speaking after the verdict, prosecutor Alex Prentice KC said: \u201cIt is obvious the quite far-reaching effect Kimberly\u2019s death has had.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey recognise that she had difficulties of her own, but the circumstances of the death brought great misery for the family, perhaps unlikely from which they will truly recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court was told Milne had a number of previous convictions for assault, resisting arrest and driving offences. He was remanded into custody and is due to be sentenced on 10 April.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be obvious to you that these are very serious offences which have caused harm and upset to Kimberly\u2019s grieving family,\u201d the judge, Lady Drummond said, addressing Milne.<\/p>\n

The case marks the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland. In England there has only ever been one conviction, after stalker Nicholas Allen pleaded guilty to the manslaughter<\/a> of his ex-partner Justene Reece in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been convicted of killing his wife after she took her own life following a campaign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-455904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}