Teenagers murdered two men in ‘grotesque’ attacks

   Harry Reekie and Steven Mitchell were murdered a few streets apart in
   Bathgate, West Lothian

       Harry Reekie and Steven Mitchell were murdered a few streets apart
       in Bathgate, West Lothian Andy Barr.
   Two teenagers have been convicted of murdering two men in the space of
   36 hours in separate “grotesque” attacks.

   Andrew Moran and Paul Erskine, both now 19, bound, robbed and stabbed
   Harry Reekie, 65, at his home in Bathgate, West Lothian, on September
   16 last year.

   They then killed Steven Mitchell, 31, with a knife and a hammer on
   September 17, at a house a few streets from Mr Reekie’s home. The
   motive behind his murder remains unclear.

   Mr Reekie was able to identify his attackers to police before he died
   on January 4, having been unable to recover from