VINCENT JOHN Simpson (61), from Camberley, denies that between February 10 and February 26, 1980, at Union Street, Templeton Woods and elsewhere in Dundee to the prosecutor unknown he assaulted Elizabeth McCabe, now deceased, and struck her on the head, seized her by the neck, compressed her neck and murdered her.

Defence counsel Mark Stewart QC has lodged special defences of incrimination and alibi. The defence of incrimination states that the crime, if committed, was committed by one or more of 13 individuals whose names he presented to the court.

The defence of alibi states that on February 10/11 between 10pm and 4am the accused was at his then address, Belmont Street in Newtyle, or conducting a taxi business conveying fares between Muirhead, Birkhill, Meigle and various points in Dundee, or was at the Chevalier Casino.