Bob Dow
Daily Record
Friday, June 27, 2008
THE father of Orkney killer Michael Ross yesterday blamed a masonic plot for his son's conviction.
Disgraced ex-policeman Eddy Ross claimed the 29-year-old racist murderer was the victim of a conspiracy.
He has also accused police chiefs of being involved in the set-up.
Ex-Army sniper Michael Ross was last week convicted of gunning down waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood 14 years ago.
Ross was just 15 when he opened fire in a busy restaurant in Kirkwall.
Minutes after the verdict at the end of a six-week trial, the dad-of-two tried to escape and was caught just yards from freedom.
Eddy, 57, was jailed for four years in 1997 for trying to cover up the crime and has always maintained both he and his son were innocent.
That conviction cost him his 23-year police career and a £100,000 pension. He now works as an undertaker on Orkney.
Yesterday, he said: "I have been aware that, from the beginning of this case, there has been an undeniable and abhorrent stench emanating from it.
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