YES, our son killed Danny Doherty, he has never once denied it. We are ashamed and embarrassed by the situation but we believe that something awful did happen that night to provoke Chris.

Mr Scott is reported to have said that if Chris had been let off he would have killed again. What a load of evil, spiteful, rubbish.

Chris knew that he would not have been let off even if he had not been found guilty of murder. He and us will serve a very long sentence.

There was no love lost between Chris and Mr Scott due mainly to the things that Louise told Chris about her father. Also if Louise was afraid or hypnotised by our son then why did she visit him in prison week after week from the end of March until the end of July with us? The prison could confirm this. We used to pick her up from Corsham and then from Trowbridge when she moved there. We saw Louise every week and she was dressed as well and made up at the end of their relationship as she was at the beginning.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who wished us and Chris well for the trial and have stood by us as true friends.

We as a devoted family will all stand by Chris who is loved by us all.

HAZEL RANDALL,

Myrtle Avenue,

Warminster.