Still only in their late 20s, they seemed to have everything- money, healthy children, a loving relationship - then it all went sour. The first few years the couple seemed happy and, as well as son Lloyd, had two daughters, Angela and Wendy. She claimed she was urged to take Tevendale as her lover by Mr Garvie after she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Tevendale’s sister. He was a wealthy farmer and a dabbler in Nationalist politics and enjoyed the thrills and exotic pleasures. He was known locally as the 'flying farmer' due to owning a two-seater aeroplane who would often fly 'too close to the sun'. Read More

During this time period, the wealthy farmer began an affair with Tevendale's sister, Trudi Birse, a policeman's wife. Eventually, all four would take part in group romps at the Garvie home.I think that, particularly in the Aberdeen area, this just went against everything that people believed in. And so, it had a big impact." The Cairnbeg Farmhouse in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, is famous for the murder that took place there in 1963. (Image: Daily Record) Max Garvie was known as the 'flying farmer'

The trial of Sheila Garvie and Brian Tevendale for the murder of Sheila’s husband, Max, caused an absolute sensation in Scotland in 1968. The country then was still in the grip of Protestant conservatives when it came to social mores. So when evidence in the trial detailed bizarre sexual practices, orgies, and nudism, the Scottish public was both horrified and fascinated. Long lines for a place in the public gallery at Aberdeen’s High Court on trial days formed as early as 3:30 am. In August, for reasons best known to her, Sheila shared some suspicions with her mother, Edith Watson, that her lover, Tevendale, had killed her husband. Law-abiding Mrs Watson went straight to the cops. Both were released in 1978. Tevendale married and became the landlord of a pub in Perthshire. He died in 2003. Max had been getting bored for some time. Described as a farmer, he was more of a manager with other people doing the work and him reaping substantial profits. First fast cars filled his time, then a private aeroplane. The Cairnbeg Farmhouse in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, is famous for the murder that took place there in 1963. (Image: Daily Record) Max Garvie was known as the 'flying farmer'But Carraher finally went too far when he killed a soldier, John Gordon, in a brawl. At the subsequent murder trial, Carraher tried a defense of psychopathy. It didn’t wash, and Carraher was hung in Glasgow’s Barlinnie Prison in 1946. He was 40 years old, and he’d spent some 20 of those behind bars. [5] 5 Donald Forbes He told the Mail: "She certainly managed to fool the police. Her father, let's not forget, was a war hero and an ex-policeman and she was married to a policeman. I think the police in those days might have been duped by the Tevendales. I feel her brother also benefited from that attitude too, because when he was first arrested, he managed to persuade police that Sheila killed Max and he only helped to move the body." And now half a century on, the police photographs from Maxwell Garvie’s murder files have been revealed as part of a true crime podcast investigation which has uncovered new insights into the murder. Sheila, more than either of her co-accused, stands as an enigma for the detectives working the case, as a wronged innocent for the lawyers hired to help her. She is branded by the media as a scandalous femme fatale, a murderous mastermind, a Lady Macbeth.