Suspect charged with murder of student

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From the article:

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of student Karen Buckley.

Alexander Pacteau appeared at Glasgow sheriff court today, where he was charged with murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

[LeftishBrit]

1. A really tragic story.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. The suspect is a strange man

Drumchapel forger avoids jail for fake note scam

A FORMER private schoolboy — embarrassed to admit to his family he had fallen on hard times after a car accident — forged bank notes worth £6,000.

Alexander Pacteau was rumbled by police before he had the chance to try and spend any of the notes when they were given information that he may be involved in a scam.
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Pacteau — who was in a coma for weeks and unable to walk for six months after a serious car accident — was too embarrassed to tell his family that he was on disability benefits and that money was tight.

The 20-year-old pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to printing £20 Royal Bank of Scotland notes on March 1 this year that were intended to be used as real notes.

Now first-offender Pacteau, who didn’t want to admit to his family he was receiving benefits, has a criminal record.

http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/10/503600-drumchapel-forger-avoids-jail-for-fake-note-scam/?mode=print

I suspect 'attempting to defeat the ends of justice' may be to do with the witnesses who said they saw her leave his flat:

The man, who detectives have stressed is not being treated as a suspect at this stage, has been named locally as Alexander Pacteau, 21, the director of a courier firm. His mother, Noreen, 43, told the Daily Record: “As you can tell by the police reports, he is not a suspect. She left his property at four o’clock in the morning and she was seen by other witnesses, not Alexander. So he is not a suspect.”

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/15/missing-student-karen-buckley-search-continues-glasgow-karen-buckley