An Angus teenager accused of murder has had her bid for freedom thrown out by a sheriff.
Tasmin Glass, 19, from Kirriemuir, instructed her solicitor to lodge an appeal against remand following her appearance with two co-accused over the alleged murder of 27-year-old Arbroath oil worker Steven Donaldson.
Mr Donaldson, 27, was found dead at the RSPB Loch of Kinnordy nature reserve near Kirriemuir in the early hours of Thursday June 7.
Glass, Callum Davidson and Steven Dickie, both 23 and also from Kirriemuir, were fully committed and remanded in custody after making a second appearance at Forfar Sheriff Court last week.
Glass faces a single charge of murder and her bail appeal was heard on Tuesday morning at the Sheriff Appeal Court in Edinburgh but was refused.
The hearing was presided over by a single appeal sheriff.
Davidson and Dickie did not lodge appeals in the wake of their remand following the full committal appearance.
The discovery of Mr Donaldson’s body triggered a major police inquiry which led to a two-mile cordon around the beauty spot and a no-fly zone being put in place.
Prosecutors allege Glass, Davidson and Dickie arranged to meet Mr Donaldson at the Peter Pan play park in Kirrie before he was attacked with a heavy bladed instrument.
He is then alleged to have been taken to Kinnordy Loch where he and his BMW car were set on fire.
Davidson and Dickie also faced charges of breach of the peace, while Davidson faced an additional charge of assault.
The trio were fully committed at last week’s Forfar hearing, starting a legal process which requires an indictment to be served upon them within 80 days.
If they remain in custody, they must then be brought to trial within 140 days, although prosecutors can apply for a time bar extension.
Following service of the indictment, a preliminary hearing will take place to consider the state of preparation in the case.
On Sunday a Kirriemuir church will throw open its doors to locals as a community quiet space following events which kirk minister the Rev Linda Stevens said had left many “shaken and confused”.
People affected by the tragedy will be given the chance to drop in and sit quietly or light a candle.
