The Karen Buckley Murder

Episode Summary

In April 2015, Irish nurse Karen had arrived in Glasgow a few months earlier to study at Caledonia University.  Taking some time out from studying, Karen was on a night out at a nightclub with her university friends.  Just before 1am she said goodnight to her friends and left the nightclub, she was never seen alive again.

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Judge calls Karen Buckley’s murder a ‘brutal, motiveless attack on a defenceless young woman’

Timeline Of Karen Buckley’s Murder | News – Clyde 2

Karen Buckley: Man arrested over student’s death – BBC News

Karen Buckley death: Man, 21, charged with murder of trainee nurse – Daily Star

Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau jailed for life – BBC News

Karen Buckley murder: Watch killer reveal moment he first laid eyes on student nurse – Mirror Online

Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau jailed for at least 23 years | UK news | The Guardian

Karen Buckley: One year on, what we know about her brutal murder in Glasgow and the questions that were never answered | The Irish Post

Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau admits murdering student who disappeared from Glasgow club in savage spanner attack – Daily Record

Karen Buckley murder – Mirror Online

Karen Buckley killer Alexander Pacteau’s mum says apology to victim’s family ‘would not be enough’ – Mirror Online

Karen Buckley killer Alexander Pacteau’s mother told him to drop life sentence appeal ‘out of respect’ – Daily Record

Karen Buckley murder: Police release chilling images which helped catch evil killer Alexander Pacteau – Daily Record

Karen Buckley murder: Timeline of events | The Scotsman

Karen Buckley: Timeline of disappearance and death

Timeline: The Karen Buckley murder case

Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau pleads guilty to killing Irish student in Glasgow | UK | News | Express.co.uk

Karen Buckley murder: Man admits ‘evil’ killing of Irish student in Glasgow – BBC News

Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau admits killing Glasgow student with spanner | The Independent

Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau admits brutal killing of Irish student nurse in Glasgow – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Family of murdered Karen Buckley thank ‘˜very many people’ for support | Belfast News Letter

Police fear Karen Buckley’s evil murderer Pacteau had ‘stalked other women’ – Herald.ie

Karen Buckley murderer Pacteau gets life, with a minimum sentence of 23 years

Memorial mass to mark one year since murder of Karen Buckley – STV News

Twisted killer jailed for life for ‘motiveless’ murder of student Karen Buckley – Daily Star

Karen Buckley murder: what we know now – Independent.ie

Man pleads guilty to Karen Buckley murder | UK news | The Guardian

Alexander Pacteau admits brutal murder of student Karen Buckley | ITV News

Man Admits Murder Of Karen Buckley – Heart Scotland

Karen was ‘our little angel’ – BBC News

Karen Buckley missing: Fears grow for student nurse who vanished after night out with pals – Mirror Online

Karen Buckley killer Alexander Pacteau’s mum says family are “devastated” by his crime – Mirror Online

Karen Buckley: How Alexander Pacteau killed her and tried to destroy her body

Alexander Pacteau family friend reveals details of Karen Buckley’s depraved killer’s childhood | Glasgow Times

Alex Pacteau: The making of the evil monster who murdered Karen Buckley – Irish Mirror Online

‘My son is innocent’, says mother whose son was seen talking to Karen on CCTV

Karen Buckley: More than £50,000 raised in 24 hours to support family of tragic student – Daily Record

Karen Buckley funeral: Hundreds mourn “utterly inappropriate” death | UK | News | Express.co.uk

Monster Alexander Pacteau who killed Karen Buckley flogs painkillers to drug-dealing lags for bottles of COKE at HMP Kilmarnock

Monster killer Alexander Pacteau moved jail after riot over drug checks

Monster Alexander Pacteau who killed student nurse Karen Buckley in Glasgow guzzles protein shakes and pumps iron in jail in a bid to get fit – The Scottish Sun

Cork nurse murderer Alexander Pacteau moved to new jail for being ringleader in prison riot

Alexander Pacteau: What drove the middle-class public schoolboy to kill Karen Buckley | Express.co.uk

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