Suspect to stand trial charged with murder of man at Wemyss Bay

Raymond Cosgrove <i>(Image: Police Scotland)</i>
Raymond Cosgrove (Image: Police Scotland)
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A suspect is to stand trial charged with the murder of a man at a holiday park.

Sean Ward, 22, allegedly killed Raymond Cosgrove in a knife attack in September 2025.

The incident is said to have occurred in a caravan in Rothesay Gardens at the Parkdean resort in Wemyss Bay in Inverclyde.

Prosecutors claim Ward repeatedly struck and stabbed the 33-year-old on the body with a blade or similar weapon.

The indictment states Mr Cosgrove was left so badly hurt that he died there.

Ward faces a separate charge of assaulting a woman there.

Other accusations include a further claim that he attacked a man with an axe in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire in May 2025.

Lawyers for Ward pled not guilty on his behalf during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.

A trial was set and is scheduled to begin in September 2027.

In reports of the incident at the time, a spokesperson for Wemyss Bay Holiday Park said they could not comment on the investigation, but that they extended their "deepest condolences" to the family of Mr Cosgrove.

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