The family of a murdered Glasgow woman have today spoken out, after her killer was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years for her murder - which took place in 1997.
Tracy Wylde's sister, Bernadette McCash, was speaking after the trial and talked about her “beautiful” sister, branding the jail-term a “slap in the face”.
Killer Zhi Min Chen was convicted of murdering Tracy Wylde at a sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow.
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Chen pled guilty to the crime he committed 21 years ago, a time in which he has started a family and opened a takeaway restaurant.
Bernadette McCash said: “We do not feel it is enough time. As a family, we are really disappointed.
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“He hid for longer. I was 12 when she got murdered. I missed out on things sisters do like shopping, trying makeup or going to the pictures.
“We totally miss her. It is heartbreaking.”
Asked if she felt the family got “justice”, Bernadette said: “Personally, no.”
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Zhi Min Chen met Tracy for sexual services in 1997, before a row broke out between the two of them at her flat, leading to her death. At the time a large scale manhunt took place to catch the killer, though it proved fruitless after two and a half years.
However, Police Scotland made a breakthrough last summer after Chen was held for an alleged assault in Glasgow's Cowcaddens.
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His DNA matched samples found at the scene at time.
Sentencing the dad of two today, Lord Arthurson said: “You should be under no illusions concerning the damage and trauma you murderous attack has caused down the decades and beyond to her family.
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“You...proceeded to enjoy the prime years of your adult life in undetected freedom including establishing a family and a business during those years.
“You committed a brutal, cowardly and murderous attack on a vulnerable young woman in her own home.”
Chen kept his head bowed as he sat in the dock throughout the hearing.
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