PARADISE isle cops are to revisit the scene of a brutal murder one year after an expat Scot was killed in a mystery shooting.
Detectives on St Lucia have so far failed to crack the case that saw Donnie McKinnon gunned down on December 4 last year.
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The 48-year-old was assassinated by a triggerman as he drank in a boozer with photographer pal Peter Jackson, of Lancashire, who survived the horror attack in Market Road, Soufriere.
Estate manager Donnie, originally from Fort William, was blasted several times while sitting on the balcony of the town’s Steve’s bar.
The slaying sparked a huge probe on the crime-hit Carribean island but despite cops probing a number of theories the killer has still not been traced and the motive still unclear.
Last night a police source close to the investigation said: “It will be a year on Monday since this brutal killing and we plan to go back to the scene of the crime to search for clues.
“We want answers for the victim’s family and will be speaking to people in the area.
“We are hoping that someone will say something that has not been said before.
“People were too scared to speak at the time and may be willing to speak now.
“Allegiances change and sometimes people no longer hold on to secrets.
“We will leave no stones unturned.”
It has also emerged that investigators are exploring the theory the murder may be connected to a dispute linked to Donnie’s employment at the Soufriere estate, a 2,000-acre tourist attraction where he worked for 13 years.
Our source added: “We are looking at that line in inquiry and have spoken to people in the past about this.
“It is only fair that we eliminate everyone that isn’t involved in this crime and to bring in the person or persons involved.”
We told how two masked hitmen were involved in the slaughter – one of several gun-related crimes on the troubled tourist hotspot.
But efforts to identify the culprits have come to nothing with crimebusters facing a “wall of silence” from islanders fearful of repercussions.
Two men were arrested soon after the killing in December but were later released without charge.
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