Man to go on trial for Suzanne Pilley murder

A MAN is to go on trial in February accused of murdering book-keeper Suzanne Pilley, who disappeared in Edinburgh in May last year.

David Gilroy is charged with killing Ms Pilley, 38, on May 4 last year in Edinburgh or elsewhere.

Gilroy, 49, also stands accused of trying to cover up the office worker’s death.

Prosecutors allege he tried to defeat the ends of justice, taking 16 different steps to avoid detection, arrest and prosecution over the alleged murder.

They include allegations that he concealed Ms Pilley’s dead body in the premises of Infrastructure Management Limited in Thistle Street, Edinburgh, and transported it to various locations in Scotland in the boot of a car.

He denies the charges against him.

Gilroy made his first appearance in open court at a hearing before judge Lord Bracadale at the High Court in Glasgow today.

Lord Bracadale set a trial date for February 20 at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Ms Pilley, an office worker from the Stenhouse area of the capital, vanished on her way to work in the city centre.