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MARTEL MAXWELL: Tragic story of Dundee woman Kimberly Milne will change and save the lives of others

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06.03.2026

Look up when driving along the Kingsway in Dundee and you will see flowers.

Flowers tied to an overpass in tribute to and in memory of Kimberly Milne.

It’s a story many of you will know.

Kimberly was just 28 when she jumped onto the dual carriageway from that footbridge, to be hit by a lorry, on July 27 2023.

And this week, a man – in the loosest form of the word – was found guilty of her death.

He may not have physically pushed Kimberly in those final, tragic moments of her life, but in a landmark case making Scottish legal history, Lee Milne was found guilty of culpable homicide.

A jury at the High Court in Glasgow agreed that Kimberly’s death was the result of his sustained and horrific domestic abuse from January 2022 up to her death.

Looking up to that overpass as we drive through our daily lives, it feels so sad – such a waste of young life.

But where Kimberly’s life ended, it is not the end – for this case and her life will change the lives of many to come.

Kimberly could never have foretold the profound effect of her story, one which has been told with quiet dignity by her family.

How many women reading of Kimberly’s fate will think,........

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