‘Hard not to cry’ as Karen Buckley’s father collects her degree

The father of murdered Irish nurse Karen Buckley yesterday collected the master’s degree for which she was studying at the time of her death.

Ms Buckley, who was murdered by Alexander Pacteau as she left a nightclub in Glasgow in April 2015, had moved there to study occupational therapy at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Her body was found days later on a farm north of Glasgow following an intensive search across the city for the missing 24-year-old from Mourneabbey, Co Cork.