Brody's Notes... Allegations Of Sexual Assault On A Minor By Murdered Gay Man Untrue

By Brody Levesque | CUMNOCK, AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND -- Allegations of child sexual abuse against a murdered gay Cumnock man were fabrications according to a source in the local prosecutor's office. Earlier this week, UK media outlets had reported that 28 year old Stuart Walker had been questioned in an alleged incident this past August involving claims of sexual assault on a 12 year old boy. A spokesman for the Crown's prosecutors had told the UK press:

"We can confirm that the procurator fiscal at Ayr received a report concerning a 28-year-old male in connection with an alleged incident on August 20, 2011. The case is now closed."

Friday the Scottish newspaper, The Daily Record, had reported:

A lying convicted rapist was behind a "malicious" child abuse accusation against murder victim Stuart Walker.

Barman Stuart's grieving family were devastated yesterday by reports that he had been accused of indecency against a 12-year-old boy.

But the Record can reveal the man who made the allegation was a 44-year-old with a long criminal record including rape, assault, car theft and housebreaking.

And prosecutors planned to throw out the case.

The man who lodged the complaint cannot be named because it would identify his son, the subject of the allegation.

But as police continued their investigation into Stuart's brutal murder in Cumnock, Ayrshire, last Saturday, a Crown Office source said the abuse allegation had been considered "malicious".

The source said: "It was being considered by the fiscal when Stuart died but there was absolutely no corroboration for the allegation.

"The claim was that Stuart placed his hand down the boy's trousers. It appeared to be utter nonsense and was going nowhere.

The paper also notes that Stuart's accuser has a conviction for raping a woman after pinning her down and threatening to kill her and had been accused of breaching the rules of the sex offenders' register.

A Cumnock resident with direct knowledge of what happened told the paper:

"The guy who reported Stuart is trouble and everyone knows it. He's scum. I think this guy saw Stuart as an easy target as he's openly gay. Stuart was horrified about the report."

Strathclyde Police announced Friday that an 18-year-old man was being detained and was being questioned about Mr Walker's death. The teenager is thought to have been taken into custody on Thursday evening.

The spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said:

"We can't confirm anything until we have had an arrest, and we don't know when that will be. At this stage a man has been detained and he will either be released or arrested after this."

Walker's murder is not currently being treated as motivated by homophobia, although the spokeswoman confirmed that investigators are keeping an open mind.