PRESS BRIEFING - VERONICA WILSON - MURDER ALISTAIR WILSON
THE wife of murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson today took the opportunity to speak to the media at Northern Constabulary Force Headquarters in Inverness.
Veronica Wilson and her family attended a Memorial Service for Alistair at St Ninian's Church in Nairn this morning before addressing the waiting media at 3pm.
Below is a copy of the statement she read out:
"Three weeks ago my life was torn apart. All of us are still coming to terms with what happened on that night and we are still asking questions.
"Our lives since then have been an emotional rollercoaster, every day we are asking who, we are asking why, and we are asking what for? These questions will haunt us for the rest of our lives.
"Al and the boys had a great Christmas last year and I wish I had known it was to be our last.
"I don’t know what the next few days will hold in the run up to Christmas, as it couldn’t be further from all of our minds.
"We need to be together now as a family, without the bond that held us together and the boys will have to accept they are to spend their first Christmas without their Dad.
"I pray the Police find the man who did this to my family, only then will our questions be answered.
"I thank the people of Nairn for their messages of support. I now ask that everyone allows me and the boys to begin to rebuild our lives and try to move on."
Following the formal statement Veronica added:
"My family and friends have been a huge support, although a lot of them have been as shell-shocked as me.
"The boys need a future and a Christmas and that's what is holding us together.
"At the moment we are only taking small steps forward. The who, why and what for's are the only things which will enable us to move forward.
"The older child is more aware than the younger one that something's wrong. But we haven't discussed guns, killing and death so I am not sure how much he (the older child) fully understands.
"I would appeal to anyone who knows anything to come forward. It's unreal. I don't know why anyone would do this to us, but for our two young boys we need to know why."