Tragedy Averted: Couple’s Desperate Act Leads to Incarceration
In a harrowing incident that shook the small town of Stenhousemuir, a couple’s attempt to end their lives and those of two young children was thwarted, leading to their subsequent arrest and sentencing. The Incident Stacey Archibald and Christopher McTaggart, in a state of despair, cut a live gas pipe within their home while two unsuspecting children slept. The couple’s plan was to commit a murder-suicide, ending their lives and those of the children in a gas explosion. However, before the plan could reach its tragic conclusion, they engaged in a knife frenzy, cutting each other’s arms. The authorities were…
