Petrol attack accused faces trial

Sep 25 2009

A teenager accused of murdering a 17-year-old girl by pouring petrol over her and setting her on fire is to stand trial.

Stewart Blackburn, 18, will be tried at the High Court in Livingston on November 16 charged with leaving Jessica McCagh so severely injured that she later died in hospital.

The alleged attack took place in a flat in Arbroath, Angus, on April 25.