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New appeal on murder triggers public response

New appeal on murder triggers public response

A number of people have contacted a national charity with information about the shooting of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson since a renewed appeal was launched.

Crimestoppers said they had received a “handful of contacts” after offering a £5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Mr Wilson’s killer.

A charity spokesman last night appealed for more people to come forward following the fresh appeal.

Police have relaunched a major review of the case, with 30 elite detectives drafted in from across the country to re-examine the evidence.

It is hoped that the work will lead to a breakthrough in the puzzling unsolved murder.

Mr Wilson, 30, was shot several times on his doorstep in Crescent Road by an unknown gunman on November 28, 2004.

Minutes earlier, Mr Wilson’s wife Veronica had answered the door to the man, described as between 35 and 40 and of stocky build.

The man asked for Mr Wilson by name.

Mr Wilson spoke to the man before returning inside, carrying an A4 envelope, to speak to his wife.

When he went back to the front door, he was shot several times. He later died at Raigmore Hospital.

Mr Wilson, who had been a business manager with Halifax Bank of Scotland in the Highland capital, was due to start a new job with Building Research Establishment, a consultancy business expanding in the north of Scotland.

The new inquiry team, with officers from the central belt, is based in Inverness’s Burnett Road Police Station. They have begun the painstaking task of reading thousands of statements taken at the time of the shooting. Fresh forensic tests are also being carried out on the gun used in the shooting. It was a Haener Suhl Model 1 Schmeisser’s Patent pistol made more than 60 years ago.

It was found 10 days after the murder when a Highland Council road-sweeper dredged it up from a drain a few streets away from the Wilsons’ home.

The .25-calibre ammunition used in the killing originated in the Czech Republic. At the time of the original inquiry, officers travelled to mainland Europe to trace the history of the weapon. Anyone with information about the shooting should contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.