Terrance Whall Found Guilty Of Gerald Corrigan Murder

A man who shot and killed a retired lecturer with a crossbow in Anglesey has been found guilty.

The 74-year-old retired lecturer, Gerald Corrigan, was at home watching television on 18th April 2019. At around midnight, he went outside to fix his ground-level dish after there was a loss of signal.

Corrigan was shot twice in the stomach, and they caused severe internal injuries leading to his death three weeks later from sepsis.

According to the prosecutor of the case, the dish was tampered with, and 39-year-old Terence Whall was waiting in ambush for Corrigan.

The crossbow killer, Whall hails from Bryngwran Anglesey, and he not guilty in court.

Whall is a sports therapist, and his alibi for the incident was he was having sex with a man in a field. However, Thomas Barry Williams denied it and stated he and Whall had only been friends up to that time, and nothing happened.

Karen Dixon from the Crown Prosecution Service said that the one piece of telematics evidence the investigators had used had shown them the whereabouts of Terrance Whall who had visited the area the previous night. Clearly, it was in contradiction with his given statement.

At Mold Crown Court, the jury was told of how the design of the arrowhead used was meant to 'rapidly bring to death' the victims, considering the arrow's razor-sharp edges.

The prosecution said they were able to track down Mr. Whall's movements on the night of the murder by analyzing data from the black box of a land rover owned by Whall's partner.

Whall had borrowed the land rover.

36-year-old Gavin Jones, alongside Whall, has also been charged and found guilty of conspiracy to the crime. Jones was also found guilty of arson of an automobile.

Two other men Martin Roberts, 34, and Darren Jones, 41, have pleaded guilty to arson as well. The sentencing of the four men will be done on Friday.

Corrigan's daughter, Fiona, said the weapon chosen by the killer was not only for killing big animals but for mutilating as well.

She said her father had been a good man and that they may never know why he was killed.

North Wales Police Detective Ch Insp Brian Kearney said there was no direct witness nor forensic evidence in the case but that a cold-blooded killer had planned the medieval-style execution of Gerald.

The exact motive for the crime is still unclear.