Cops: How we nailed teen's killer ‘carers'

A POLICE officer used “instinct” to snare crooks who murdered a disabled woman to steal her benefits.

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Sergeant Chris McKay grew suspicious during a routine call to check on a vulnerable person.

He did not know that Margaret Fleming, who had learning difficulties, had been killed more than a decade earlier, when she was 19.

But when he paid a visit to her carers he instantly spotted something was not right.

Chris vividly remembers meeting oddballs Edward Cairney and Avril Jones at their home in 2016.

He recalled: “Our job from the outset was to find Margaret. That’s what response cops do on a daily basis.