Glasgow Crime Stories: The dogged determination of crimefighter Robert Kerr

During that time Kerr was said to have taken part in more than 100 successful murder inquiries.

By 1960 he was made head of CID in Glasgow at the rank of detective chief superintendent - a post which he held for three years. Facing the death penalty, he was cleared on a unanimous not proven charge at the High Court in Glasgow - even though the evidence gathered by Kerr and his team seemed overwhelming.

The jury was told that the taxi driver had picked up Scott Ellis from a party in Bridgeton and taken him to Castlemilk.Scott Ellis then ran through the nearby Glen Wood emerging on the other side in Ardencraig Road, to take a second taxi the short distance to his parents’ home in Stravanan Road.Two types of glass found on the kerb beside the murder taxi appeared to match glass found in the heel of Scott Ellis' left shoe.

A few months later Scott Ellis was back behind bars after being sentenced to 18 months for possession of explosives.In July 1955, four men stole a bank van in Ibrox and escaped with £45,000 .

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