Connor Gibson in court for sexual abuse and murder of his sister

A man is on trial for allegedly sexually abusing and murdering his teenage sister.

Connor Gibson, 20, is accused of assaulting 16-year-old Amber Gibson, removing her clothing and repeatedly inflicting blunt force injuries to her head and body at Cadzow Glen in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, on November 26, 2021.

Prosecutors also accuse Gibson – who is also known by the surname Niven – of holding Amber by her neck with his hands and strangling her with the intent of raping her.

Gibson is also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by disposing of bloodstained clothing and calling the children’s home where his sister was being kept and pretending that she was still alive.

The trial began before the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday.

He is also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. He told police that he had argued with his sister on the evening of November 26 before going to someone’s apartment.

Amber was reported missing on the evening of Friday 26 November, before her body was discovered in Cadzow Glen at around 10:10am on 28 November.

Proceedings are also being brought against a second man, 44-year-old Stephen Corrigan.

He is accused of discovering Amber’s body, but instead of notifying the police, he is said to have touched her inappropriately and then hidden her body.

He is accused of attempting to pervert justice by hiding the body under bushes and branches to prevent its discovery and by altering or destroying evidence that he had touched her body and clothing.

Both men have pleaded not guilty to all charges against them; Corrigan’s defense attorney Rhonda Anderson filed a special defense alibi on his behalf.

The process continues.