Brother’s chilling Facebook tribute to the 16-year-old sister he sexually assaulted and murdered

Connor Gibson, 20, was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering his 16-year-old sister Amber Gibson in woodland in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, on 26 November 2021. 

Gibson had posted a chilling tribute to his sister the day before he was arrested for her “depraved” killing. 

His Facebook tribute read: “Amber, you will fly high for the rest of time. We will all miss you. Especially me. I love you ginger midget. GBFN (goodbye for now) X”.

He had denied the charges against him but was found guilty after a 13-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow. 

16-year-old Amber had spent much of her life in the care system. It was revealed during her murder trial that she had been raped by a man called Jamie Starrs earlier in 2021 – he was found guilty this month. 

After her brother had assaulted and strangled her to death, another man – Stephen Corrigan – unknown to both Amber and Connor Gibson – found her body, but rather than alert police, he inappropriately touched her and then concealed her remains.

Conor Gibson attacked his sister, removing her clothes and sexually assaulting her with the intention of raping her, inflicting blunt-force trauma to her head and body, and then he strangled her.