Burnt girl 'didn't want to die'

Nov 19 2009

A tearful father has told a murder trial of the moment his daughter told him: "I don't want to die, dad."

Garry McCagh, 50, said he rushed to his 17-year-old daughter, Jessica, after being wakened by a knock on his door from the teenager accused of her murder.

Wiping away tears, Mr McCagh told the High Court in Livingston that he found Miss McCagh in a "very bad state" and took her from the building where it is alleged she was set on fire.