Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I mahue a Steven Howie (i te pikitia) i tana hoa wahine me nga wharanga 18 i muri i tana whakaeke i a ia mo te haora kotahi i roto i te ruma i te whare noho mokemoke i te po o te Tau Hou. I whiua kinotia e tētahi tangata tana hoa wahine i muri i te whakakorenga o te pō o te Tau Hou, ā, i rite to rātau ruma hotera ki te 'whakamate toto', e ai ki te rongo a te kōti. Ko Steven Howie, 28, o Dunfermline, i mahue i tana hoa wahine a Karen Murray, 31, me te 18 nga whara motuhake i muri i tana whakaeke i a ia neke atu i te haora. Ko Howie, he kaihoahoa, i patu, i patuki, i turi i a ia i te wā o te whakaekenga roa, i pakaru i nga taonga, i hutia hoki te tatau o te wharepaku o to raua wharepaku. I te mea he tino wehe te whare noho, kaore i taea e Miss Murray te tiki tohu ki te karanga i te pirihimana, a, ka tae mai nga pirihimana i muri i nga manuhiri i tetahi atu ruma i waea ki te 999. I rongo te Kooti o te Tumuaki o Stirling, e wha marama a Howie rāua ko Miss Murray e piri ana ki a rāua i te wā i noho ai rāua ki te Hotel Carronbridge, i Campsie Fells. I rongo te kooti i haere raua ki Stirling mo nga whakanui i te Hogmanay i Stirling Castle, i kiia ai ko The Waterboys te upoko korero. I kii a Lindsey Brooks, te kaiwhakawhiwhi, 'i pau te waipiro' ana i tetahi wa ka tautohetohe mo te korero a Howie ki tetahi atu wahine. I kii a Miss Brooks i tere te whakatau i te tautohetohe, engari i whakakorea te huihuinga o Stirling Castle na te kino o te rangi ka hoki mai te tokorua ki te hotera i te 10.30pm. I to rātau hokinga ki to rātau rūma ka tīmata a Howie ki te hamama, ki te kohukohu ki a Miss Murray e kī ana i a ia he wahine kairau, he tangata teka. Ka mea te kaitohutohu ā-ture: 'I kii a Miss Murray i puta mai i te rangi. Katahi ka werohia ia e te whakapae ki te mata, i puta ai te toto o tona ihu, ka werohia ia ki te kopu, ka werohia ia ki muri i nga wa maha. I noho te tokorua ki te Hotera o Carronbridge (i te pikitia) i te wa i patu ai ia i a ia i roto i te whakaeke kino me te roa. 'Kāore a Miss Murray i tino mōhio he pēhea te roa o tēnei mahi, engari i taea e ia te tango i te tangata e whakawakia ana ki waho o te rūma, ā, ka raka i te tatau. 'Kāore ia i taea te karanga i te pirihimana nā te kino o te reo waea. 'He tokorua e noho ana i te ruma i muri mai...
I whakaekehia e Steven Howie, 28, tana hoa wahine a Karen Murray i roto i te ruma hotera. I werohia, i werohia ia i te wā o te whakaeke kotahi haora i te ahiahi o te Tau Hou. I rongo te Kōti o te Tumuaki o Stirling i te whare moenga he'toto toto'i muri i te aitua. I mauheretia ia mō ngā marama e waru engari kei te whakamahere te tokorua ki te whakaoho anō i te whanaungatanga.