The Snowball Killer: Episode 355

In Maybole, Ayrshire, Ahmjid Ismail and his family ran a grocer’s shop, known locally as Johnny’s.

Newly released from prison and a newcomer to the village, John McGeechan thought that robbing this store would be an easy way to give him the money to buy his next heroin fix. But the robbery went very wrong with 34 year old Ahmjid losing his life after being stabbed repeatedly.

And then it was discovered that McGeechan had killed before....

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Sources
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heroin-addict-is-jailed-after-murder-of-shop-worker-is-caught-on-answering-machine-kvcnzrzfgtq
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/prison-attack-sees-double-killer-993548
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7412760.stm
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/45274/Pathetic-killer-of-shopkeeper-is-jailed-for-life
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/19883901.glasgow-crime-story-cranhill-man-john-mcgeechan-killed-twice/
https://www.thefreelibrary.com..../STABBED+TO+DEATH+FO