The son of a man from Beith who was shot dead on his doorstep has made a plea for assistance in apprehending his father’s murderer.
When Andrew Wilson’s father, Alistair, was killed at their Highlands home in Nairn, he was only four years old.
Andrew, who is now 20 years old, remembers seeing his father laying on the doorstep shortly after he was shot, as the 16th anniversary of the murder draws near.
He said: “One Sunday night, after our bath, my dad was reading goodnight stories to my brother and me when someone came to our house. The next thing I know, my dad is covered in blood and laying in our doorway.”
Alistair, who was born and raised in 
, attended Beith Primary and later Garnock Academy in Kilbirnie.
After school he went to study accountancy and business law at Stirling University, and later he found himself a graduate position at the Bank of Scotland.
He was sent to work in Fort William where he met and married German-born Veronica, a graphic designer.
He was one of those persons you met and you simply know, Veronica told the BBC in 2017.
Everything happened in a flash.
“He promised to be there at eight, and he showed up at eight with a bunch of flowers.
“Having someone who cared so much right away was very nice.”
Before settling at Lothian House, which was formerly a restaurant on Crescent Road in Nairn, the couple moved a few times.
While still working for Halifax Bank of Scotland Alistair applied and was successful in getting a job in a start-up consultancy firm, Building Research Establishment, in Inverness.
He was expecting to start work there just a week after he was ultimately murdered.
Alistair was 30-year-old when he was shot at his home on Sunday, November 28, 2004.
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