A north-east family is offering a £10,000 award for anyone who can help solve the murder of a taxi driver which happened more than 30 years ago.
Aberdeen man George Murdoch died from his injuries after he was attacked while working in September 1983.
The 58-year-old was killed after picking up a passenger in the city’s Queen’s Road while his last conversation with the office implied he was going to drop someone off in Culter.
Nine minutes after this call, Mr Murdoch stopped in Station Road, Pitfodels, but no one knows why.
Although a cheesewire was found close to the scene and witnesses saw a man scathed with blood and cuts, his killer has never been found.
Mr Murdoch’s family are now offering £10,000 for any information which may lead to solving the crime, saying it was their last chance to find the person responsible.
One relative added: “It really worries me that he’s a free man.
“We want to generate a bit of interest and hopefully bring the case to the public’s interest again.
The plea comes after the Lord Advocate confirmed last month that police will re-open the 1978 murder of Aberdeen scientist Dr Brenda Page, in the hope that advances in DNA could yield a conclusion.
The relative, who was in their 20s at the time of the tragic incident, asked why Mr Murdoch’s case could not be next, saying: “We want the reward to lead to a conviction.
“No one should get away with murder.”
A spokeswoman for the police said they were committed to investigating all unresolved homicides.
She added: “These are reviewed to ascertain if there are new any evidential developments, including advances in forensic techniques, which would assist in providing a basis for criminal proceedings.”
In 2003, Jim Murdoch, the taxi driver’s brother, said it was is dying wish for the murderer to be caught.
He died in November that year.