Skye murder accused had ‘enough ammunition to start a small war’
A murder accused had "a focused plan" to target specific individuals who he believed were the cause of his difficulties, a court heard today.
A clinical psychologist said Finlay MacDonald was a man who had decided to get to the bottom of his problem and was no longer going to be a victim.
Dr Harry Wood said his behaviour was consistent with an individual focused on himself and his own plan and was not displaying the usual degree of empathy.
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Defence counsel Donald Findlay KC said to the psychologist that MacDonald went armed with one of his guns and "really enough ammunition to start a small war" to the home of his brother-in-law John MacKinnon and shot him.
The psychologist told the High Court in Edinburgh at the time of the alleged murder MacDonald was affected by autism and post traumatic stress disorder with depression, anxiety and a personality disorder in the background.
Marine engineer MacDonald (41) has denied murdering his distillery worker brother-in- law on August 10 in 2022 by shooting him at his family home at Teangue, on the Isle of Skye.
He has lodged a special defence maintaining that at the time of the alleged offence his ability to determine and control his conduct was substantially impaired by abnormality of mind.
MacDonald has also denied attempting to murder his wife Rowena (34) at their family home at Tarskavaig on Skye on the same date by repeatedly stabbing her.
He has also denied attempting to murder retired osteopath John MacKenzie and his wife Fay, both 65, on the same day at their home in the village of Dornie, in Ross-shire, by discharging a shotgun at them.
The trial before Lady Drummond continues.
