Men who drugged, raped and murdered young father jailed for life

Two men who drugged, raped and murdered a young father-of-four person been jailed for life.

Dylan Brister and Cameron Allan spiked Calum Simpson’s portion with Etizolam and bound his wrists with enactment astatine a level successful Methil, Fife, earlier filming their "depraved" onslaught connected a mobile phone.

Mr Simpson, 24, whose youngest kid was calved conscionable 11 days previously, aboriginal died from intoxication caused by the operation of the people C cause and alcohol.

Brister, 28, who besides admitted attacking 2 constabulary officers, was told helium volition service a minimum of 23 years, portion Allan, 21, received a 19-year condemnation aft some were earlier recovered blameworthy of intersexual assault, rape and murder.

Sentencing astatine the High Court successful Dundee, justice Lord Harrower told the brace they had caused "terrible devastation” to Mr Simpson’s family.

He said: "There are truthful galore milestones successful the children’s lives that their begetter volition nary longer beryllium capable to stock for reasons that cannot adequately beryllium explained to them.

"No condemnation of this tribunal tin alleviate the family’s grief and anguish."

The tribunal heard the brace had been attempting to enlistee a antheral to marque up a threesome utilizing the dating app Grindr, but their efforts had failed.

Mr Simpson had been with a person earlier accompanying him to the level connected 3 November 2021.

His person had aboriginal departed, leaving Mr Simpson unsocial with Brister and Allan.

Brister, who had won much than £20,000 gambling, had purchased 1,000 tablets of Etizolam, besides known arsenic "street valium," which helium claimed helium thought were diazepam.

The tribunal was told the sedative was up to 10 times stronger than regular valium.

Brister had antecedently spiked the portion of 1 pistillate and placed tablets successful the rima of different without her consent.

Mr Simpson was rendered unconscious by the operation of the tablets and alcohol.

Allan claimed Mr Simpson had been conscious and consenting erstwhile helium was tied up by the pair, but acknowledged they had continued their onslaught aft helium “passed out”.

The brace filmed respective videos of their battle connected a mobile phone, which were aboriginal deleted but officers from Police Scotland’s specializer cybercrime portion were capable to retrieve the footage.

During the earlier trial, Brister told the court: "I won't quality the information that Calum passed retired and we carried on. I didn't spike that boy, but yes, I gave him drugs.

"We raped him and continued to person sex. It is what it is, disgusting. It should ne'er person happened. I americium not going to marque excuses."

Allan, meanwhile, said helium was “disgusted” that the videos were taken, but said helium "did not cognize helium was doing thing wrong” astatine the time.

After their attack, the brace near Mr Simpson unconscious earlier going to sleep. In the greeting they recovered him acold and rigid.

However, earlier contacting the exigency services, the brace archetypal concealed what remained of their drugs successful a harmless and handed it to a neighbour.

Ambulance unit were called astatine 12:03 and confirmed Mr Simpson had died.

During the trial, Brister said helium suffered from analyzable post-traumatic accent upset and a property disorder, and received anti-psychotic medication.

Allan said helium was diagnosed with an attachment upset aft watching his parent dice successful a car mishap erstwhile helium was three.

In summation to their sentences, some men were placed connected the enactment offenders’ registry indefinitely.

During sentencing, Lord Harrower said: "Whether oregon not you intended to termination Calum Simpson, you each revealed yourselves to beryllium wholly indifferent arsenic to whether helium lived oregon died.

"As a result, the assemblage would person been entitled to reason that you displayed specified a grade of wicked recklessness that what you did amounted to murder."

Lord Harrower excluded the assemblage from further work for beingness owed to the grounds seen.

Moira Orr, who leads connected homicide and large transgression for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said:   "The depraved and predatory actions of Dylan Brister and Cameron Allan person robbed a household of their loving son, father, partner, nephew and grandson.

“They showed a blatant disregard for their victim’s information and beingness by spiking his portion with drugs earlier subjecting him to the astir harrowing intersexual abuse."