For almost 30 years it has remained one of Glasgow's most baffling unsolved murders.
Twenty-four-year-old Rangers fan Derek Sheerin had been found strangled and half naked in waste ground at the back of a well-knownThe murder scene was also close to the Barrowfield training complex where the club's first team players then trained before games.Normally he lived with his sister Diane on London Road across the road from the social club.When his body was found on the Monday, police discovered he had been strangled with his belt and watch and cash stolen.
The murder had probably happened when the supporters club was closed, and most people were safely tucked up in their beds.The case was eventually wound up and put into cold storage. The jury was shown crime scene photographs of Derek lying half naked with paper and a diary strewn beside him. The court was told that on the Monday, she was contacted by her sister Diane who was worried because a body had been found and she could not contact Derek.
Kerry Gillespie, now 36, said that she was a 14-year-old schoolgirl when she discovered the body of Derek lying on waste ground behind the Celtic supporters social club, close to the stadium.Mr McSporran asked Kerry:"What did you do when you saw the body?"Kerry approached two men who were walking down the path from London Road towards the River Clyde, who alerted the police.
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