Calls for inquiry into death of Annie Borgesson as further details emerge

The Crown Office continues to obstruct calls for a proper inquiry into the death of Annie Borgesson, more it seems to protect itself from claims of a failure of a proper investigation in the first place, than anything else.

The Herald reports :

Call for inquiry into daughter’s death

ALISON CAMPSIE

A mother yesterday demanded a fatal accident inquiry in to the death of her daughter on a Scottish beach two years ago.

Guje Borgesson, who claims her daughter Annie was murdered despite a police investigation which concluded she took her own life, was speaking after travelling from her home in Sweden to the stretch of Ayrshire coast where the 30-year-old's body was discovered washed up in December 2005.

Annie was due to catch a Ryanair flight home to Gothenburg after a six-month placement working at the Scottish Whisky Heritage Centre in Edinburgh when she died.

A police investigation at the time concluded Annie committed suicide and there was never a criminal investigation.

Mrs Borgesson accepts the post-mortem examination finding which said Annie died from drowning, but has never reconciled herself with Annie having killed herself. Her family is certain Annie was murdered.

Bruises on her body and unidentified female DNA on her hands have fuelled the reluctance of Mrs Borgesson to settle for the theory that Annie killed herself.

Mrs Borgesson's two week-trip to Scotland - accompanied by Annie's best friend, Maria Jonsson, 40, - is being driven by their campaign for a fatal accident inquiry. Later this week Mrs Borgesson will call on the Scottish Parliament for changes to the way sudden deaths are investigated.

Last night a memorial service was held at the beach at Prestwick, where candles burned not just for Annie, but for many others who have questions surrounding the deaths of their loved ones.

"I feel Annie close all the time," Mrs Borgesson, 54, said.

"There are bad times. From about October 26, the day Annie left for Scotland, to her birthday, on February 7, it can get very dark for me."

Mrs Borgesson has become involved with campaign and support group Mojo, which works in the interests of victims of miscarriages of justice.

Ms Jonsson said: "The first time we spoke to Mojo it was like an embrace. Now we have high hopes we can get the answers we want."

The two Swedish women have turned part detective and have two fresh leads generated from their own website dedicated to Annie.

A Strathclyde Police spokesman said: "The death of Annie Borgesson was thoroughly investigated by Strathclyde Police and procurator-fiscal.

"The Crown Office was completely satisfied there were no suspicious circumstances.

"Miss Borgesson's mother has sat down with both the procurator-fiscal and the Crown Office and had all this explained to her."

A Crown Office spokeswoman last night said there were no plans for a fatal accident inquiry in to Annie's death.

Inquiry must be held over mystery death of Swedish student

The Edinburgh News reports on the death of Annie Borgesson and latest attempts by her mother, Guje Borgesson and campaigners calling for the release of documents & CCTV footage linked to the investigation.

Edinburgh News reports :

My girl Annie was murdered

SANDRA DICK

A GRIEVING Swedish woman has appealed to Scotland's top law officer to re-open the case into her daughter's death after three TV psychics concluded that she had been murdered.

Guje Borjesson has written "mother to mother" to Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini calling for the release police documents and CCTV footage. Next month, she plans to travel from her home in Tibro, Sweden, to Edinburgh in a bid to piece together more about her daughter's final weeks.

Annie Borjesson had been working at the Scottish Whisky Heritage Centre in the Royal Mile and living at Linton Court Apartments in Murieston Road in 2005. She is thought to have been making her way to Prestwick Airport for a flight home to Sweden when she died.

Her body was found on Prestwick beach on December 4. Her bag was discovered nearby with her passport inside but her address book, which she usually carried with her, was missing.

A post mortem determined she had drowned and police concluded she had either taken her own life or died as the result of an accident.

Her mother, however, is convinced that bruising on her daughter's body and other unexplained elements point to murder. Now three "psychic investigators" from a UK cable television programme have travelled to Edinburgh and Sweden to examine the case.

The three - Colin Fry, Tony Stockwell and TJ Higgs - all decided Annie was murdered.

Today, Guje, 54, said: "I'm a little sceptical about these things but Tony Stockwell in particular really gave me the impression that he did feel Annie's presence. We went to a museum where I used to work - although he didn't know that at the time - and he said he could feel that Annie had been there visiting me, he said that that was what she was telling him.

"I hope people will see the programme and start to ask about what happened to my daughter."

Annie was finally buried at a in Sweden this summer. Her family had deferred her burial to carry out their own investigations.

They have repeatedly appealed to the Scottish Crown Office for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into Annie's death.

Mr Higgs said the team had a very strong connection with Annie which led them to believe she had been murdered. "I got this sense of this girl being attacked by a person with a high-sided vehicle, like an articulated truck, I could smell the diesel. I got the feeling he had killed more than her and there's a possibility he could do it again."

A Crown Office spokesperson said: "There has been a full and thorough investigation surrounding the death of Annie Borjesson. There is no evidence that a crime has occurred. A full explanation of all of the facts and circumstances has been provided to Mrs Borjesson."

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Crown Office offer untenable explanations over Annie Borjesson death - still withholding evidence & FAI

The Crown Office, who can always be depended upon to lie through their teeth when caught out in an investigation, have offered up the poorest explanation of anomalies to the family of Annie Borjesson, who died at Prestwick in December 2005.

When the body of the young Swedish woman was returned to her family, Guje Borjesson questioned why her daughters hair had been hacked off, only to be now told it was the undertakers who did it, allegedly to present the body in better circumstances.

The death of Annie Borjesson, which has not yet received a Fatal Accident Inquiry, despite a complete lack of explanation for the death, raises many questions of why the Crown Office have been covering up what seem to be a catalogue of failures on their part, and of the Police investigation into the death, which has seen little or no accountability of events.

The family of Annie Borjesson await a proper inquiry & investigation into their daughters death and release of all the evidence in the case, along with CCTV footage, still under possession of the Crown.

The family's website for a campaign for an investigation into Annie's death can be found here : http://www.annierockstar.com

Read some more about the case from the Scotsman, here : I must know the truth behind my daughter's death

The Sunday Mail reports :

Undertakers Hack Off Annie's Locks

Oct 21 2007 By Marion Scott

Exclusive Mum Of Death Riddle Daughter Wanted To Buy Wig For Corpse

THE body of a Swedish woman who died in Scotland was sent home with her waist-length hair hacked off.

Annie Borjesson's mum is convinced her hair was chopped by her killer.

But the Crown Office have revealed it was cut by funeral staff who did not want the family to see it matted in mud and debris from the sea.

Police say Annie, 30, drowned herself at Prestwick beach.

But mum Guje, 54, who lives near Gothenburg with husband Karoly, said: "The funeral staff said they cut her hair but I don't believe they would have taken it like that. It was roughly hacked off.

"It looked so bad I even considered getting a wig because I knew she would not want to be left like that.

"My daughter had never cut her hair in her life."

The Crown Office said: "It was cut while preparing the body for transfer."

Pathologist Dr Alan J Cromie said: "The hair gets matted or dirty in drowning cases and funeral staff try to present the body as best they can for the family."

Musician Annie came to Edinburgh two years ago and worked at the city's Scottish Whisky Heritage Centre.

Her body was found on December 4, 2005. Her family didn't believe it was suicide and offered a £10,000 reward for information.

The Crown Office added: "There has been a full probe into the death. There is no evidence of a crime."