The parents of murdered Irish nurse Karen Buckley will be in court this morning for the sentencing of the man who bludgeoned their daughter to death.

The Scottish courts system has given special permission for journalists to cover the sentencing of Karen Buckley’s killer Alexander Pacteau live on Twitter.

Karen Buckley had only been in Glasgow for a few months when she was brutally murdered by Alexander Pacteau.

A convicted forger has admitted beating Irish student Karen Buckley to death with a spanner then trying to dispose of her body using caustic soda.

The family of Irish student, Karen Buckley, who was found dead after disappearing on a night out have thanked people in Scotland for their “huge outpouring of support and sympathy”.

Scottish detectives working on the case of murdered Cork nurse Karen Buckley have traced a woman they believe could be a potential witness who may be able to assist with their investigation.

“Karen’s death seems so utterly inappropriate. It violates our sense of order. In our view of life, death and childhood are poles apart, and 24 years simply does not seem the right time to die — it does not seem to add up.”

The funeral of Karen Buckley has been told of the indescribable hurt and pain wreaked on her devastated family by an utterly inappropriate death.

The plaintive notes of a lone bagpiper broke the stillness of the night air at George Square in the centre of Glasgow last evening as hundreds of people gathered for a memorial to Karen Buckley.

Tributes poured in for Cork student Karen Buckley after her body was found on a farm in north Glasgow.

A bright and bubbly young woman, Karen Buckley grew up on her parents’ farm at Glynn, Mourneabbey about 12km outside Mallow in north Cork. As the youngest in her family, the 24-year-old has three older brothers: Brendan, 32; Kieran 28, and Damian 27.

As the search for missing Cork woman Karen Buckley continued last night, her friends and family thanked the public for their support and well wishes.

“We just want Karen home safely, we are desperate. She is our only daughter, we love her dearly.”

Parents fly out to Scotland to join search for their daughter, 24

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