Update from Police Scotland on Suspicious Death in Ecclefechan

Police Scotland report that the man who died in a house in Peacock Place in Ecclefechan on the evening of Thursday 22 August 2013 has been named as 40 year old Kevin MacKay  from Castle Acre in the village.  Extensive police enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death and door to door enquiries are taking place at the moment.

At this time, Detective Chief Inspector Jim Kerr, the Senior Investigating Officer in the case, says “I fully appreciate and understand the tensions that are being felt in Ecclefechan at this time and I would encourage anyone who may have any information about the death of Kevin Mackay to come forward if they can help. I am asking the community to pull together at this time and help us bring those responsible for his death to account.  Any information, no matter how small might be of assistance to us and I would urge those who think they can help to get in touch with Police Scotland through 101.

For the foreseeable future Police Scotland will have an increased presence in the village while we carry out our investigations into this death.  The community should be reassured that this is a very rare type of crime in our part of the country and  any one of our officers will be happy to speak to the community to reassure them that we are doing everything we can to bring this matter to a close and to offer advice as required.”