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Author	LeRaven78
Comment	The murder or Mhairi Julyan back in 1995. It was the first time a murder ever had an impact on me and was the first in Kilmarnock for 50 years or something. The actual specifics were absolutely horrific and are still upsetting to read. Additionally, in the weeks after the murder before the murderer was caught, the town was on edge. I was walking home from the pub about 11pm on a Thursday night and I became aware of someone following me about a couple of hundred yards behind. Every time I looked back the person would try and hide. I walked on for a minute and ducked into the entrance to a garden with the intention of chapping the door and asking for help. In an instant the scene went mental and 3 or 4 cars screamed out of nowhere, a pile of cops jumped out and huckled me to the ground. They get me up and start grilling me. I was 17 at the time, and was absolutely terrified by some very scary detectives suggesting I might be a suspect in a murder enquiry! Basically the person following me was a cop. The police were doing surveillance work to try and find the killer and clocked me walking home and had followed me. When I started acting suspicious because I knew I was being followed, they got suspicious of me and called in back up. It was a fucking terrifying experience at the time.
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Created	Mon 3rd Aug 2020 4:14pm
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The murder or Mhairi Julyan back in 1995. It was the first time a murder ever had an impact on me and was the first in Kilmarnock for 50 years or something. The actual specifics were absolutely horrific and are still upsetting to read.

Additionally, in the weeks after the murder before the murderer was caught, the town was on edge. I was walking home from the pub about 11pm on a Thursday night and I became aware of someone following me about a couple of hundred yards behind. Every time I looked back the person would try and hide. I walked on for a minute and ducked into the entrance to a garden with the intention of chapping the door and asking for help.

In an instant the scene went mental and 3 or 4 cars screamed out of nowhere, a pile of cops jumped out and huckled me to the ground. They get me up and start grilling me. I was 17 at the time, and was absolutely terrified by some very scary detectives suggesting I might be a suspect in a murder enquiry! Basically the person following me was a cop. The police were doing surveillance work to try and find the killer and clocked me walking home and had followed me. When I started acting suspicious because I knew I was being followed, they got suspicious of me and called in back up. It was a fucking terrifying experience at the time.