The ex-husband of Brenda Page is set to appeal his conviction after he was found guilty of her brutal 1978 murder.
Christopher ‘Kit’ Harrisson was the prime suspect in the infamous case for more than four decades and was finally found guilty at the High Court in Aberdeen earlier this month.
Judge Lord Richardson sentenced Harrisson, 82, to life with a minimum period of 20 years before he would be eligible for parole.
Dr Brenda Page, who was the principal of the genetics department at Aberdeen University, was found dead in her Allan Street flat on the morning of July 14 1978.
The 32-year-old had been violently and viciously battered to death with a blunt instrument.
A jury of eight men and seven women returned a verdict of guilty by majority just before 2.40pm on March 9 this year.
Killer’s appeal
A spokesman for the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service said today: “We have received an intimation of intention to appeal against conviction and sentence along with an extension of time application.”
Police identified Cambridge-educated Harrisson as central to their murder probe from the outset, arresting him on the same day Dr Page’s body was discovered.
He was released due to insufficient evidence but was finally rearrested in February 2020 following a new police investigation into the case in 2015.
Harrisson, who married Brenda in 1972, has always denied murdering his ex-wife.
However, she filed for divorce in 1976 citing “cruelty” and violence on the part of Harrisson.
The couple maintained sporadic contact following the divorce and up until Brenda’s murder.
