S11E06 | The Murder of Kenneth Syme (Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, 1995)
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.7 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I tell the story of Kenneth Syme, a 48-year-old man killed in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, on January 1, 1995.
Kenneth attended a Hogmanay party at a tenement in Faifley, close to his home, and was later thrown out of a third-floor window by Kenneth McGuire over an alleged debt he was owed.
Somehow, Kenneth Syme survived that fall and was brought back up to the flat, where he was promptly thrown out of the same window once more by McGuire, killing him.
Three men were initially charged with murder, but one of the accused turned on the others and became a key witness for the prosecution.
McGuire received a life sentence in April 1995 with a minimum term of 15 years for Kenneth's murder, with Michael Fay receiving a nine-year sentence for attempted murder.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners. |
| 0:04.2 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:06.4 | You are now listening to British Brothers. |
| 0:09.8 | This will cry podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast focusing exclusively on British |
| 0:30.8 | Murder Cases and serial killers. I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the sixth episode |
| 0:35.8 | of season 11. |
| 0:40.1 | Before we get into it, as always, let's break the ice. |
| 0:43.5 | The show's first opening icebreaker segment is this. |
| 0:46.8 | Do you facts that sound like both? |
| 0:59.4 | Did you know, Major General Sir Nils Olav III, a king penguin living at Edinburgh Zoo, is the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. |
| 1:01.0 | I certainly didn't. |
| 1:04.6 | Now it's time for the show's final opening icebreaker segment. |
| 1:07.2 | Random quote of the day. |
| 1:09.6 | You only live once. |
| 1:13.4 | If you don't enjoy it, it's your fault. Nobody else's. |
| 1:20.8 | That was said by Duncan Bannetine. Listener Annie requested this case via email. We're in the West Dunbartonshire town of Clyde Bank this week, located in West Central Scotland. |
| 1:26.9 | For reference, the town is around 7 miles northwest of Glasgow, |
| 1:30.6 | and for my international listeners, 390 miles north and slightly west of London, England. |
| 1:37.9 | Here are five quick-fire facts about Clyde Bank. Number one, Clyde Bank is the historic heartland of the Scottish shipbuilding industry, |
| 1:47.3 | and it's located on the banks of the River Clyde to the west of Glasgow. It grew from a small |
| 1:53.2 | village to one of the world's major shipbuilding centres in the 19th century. Number two, the town was |
| 1:59.9 | originally known as Barnes or Clyde, but changed its |
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