David Bain murdered Clifford Anderson after meeting him through the dating website in Aberdeen in A man who murdered his victim after meeting him through a dating app in Aberdeen has been jailed for life. Drink and drug-fuelled David Bain, 28, stabbed railway employee Clifford Anderson in the heart before abandoning the victim in his flat during August A judge ordered that Bain should serve a minimum of 16 years in prison before he is eligible to seek release following the murder.
Lord Boyd said according to Bain he took two knives from a kitchen drawer with the intention of inflicting self-harm and was on the way out of the flat when Mr Anderson came up behind him and he then made a stabbing motion towards the victim. The judge told Bain he had no reason to take the knives and no reason to fend off Mr Anderson who he did nothing to help after the stabbing.
Blood samples from Bain tested positive for alcohol, cocaine and diazepam in the wake of the killing. Bain had earlier denied murdering Mr Anderson, 60, but was convicted of the crime, which carries a mandatory life sentence, last month. A trauma team was dispatched to help and Mr Anderson was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, but life was later pronounced extinct.
Defence solicitor advocate Kris Gilmartin told the court that Bain has a criminal record but it was not extensive and he has never previously served a jail sentence. Killer jailed for life after stabbing Grindr date in heart David Bain murdered Clifford Anderson after meeting him through the dating website in Aberdeen in Police Scotland.
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