DETECTIVES have eliminated their most recent lead on the murder of banker Alistair Wilson.
Today is the seventh anniversary of the night Mr Wilson was shot at his family home in Nairn.
The Inverness Courier exclusively reported in August that it had received a tip-off saying a clue might lie in China.
The caller claimed he was a Dutch charity worker who met a Highland man who knew the killer of 30-year-old Mr Wilson.
He alleged the Highlander fled Scotland following the murder because he was so scared.
“This line of inquiry has been fully investigated and eliminated,” said a Northern Constabulary spokesman yesterday, who refused to discuss the details.
“The case remains open and if anyone has any fresh information they should contact police or Crimestoppers.”
Mr Wilson, who was a Bank of Scotland manager at Inverness’s Beechwood Business Park, was murdered on Sunday 28th November, 2004, at his Victorian villa in Crescent Road.
Computer techniques for identifying weapons more swiftly, which were used to hunt Mr Wilson’s killer, have been rolled out across the country this week.
The force declined to reveal if it had made any progress by using the National Ballistics Intelligence Service’s databases.
Police do not intend to mark the anniversary of Mr Wilson’s death on Monday, after previously using anniversaries to stage emotional appeals Mr Wilson’s widow Veronica.
