5/28/2023 0 Comments Eric smith north berwick scotland![]() ![]() Bill was elected onto the North Berwick Community Council 1997. He sees this as our great strength and this is what he wishes to support. He loves the community spirit and sees this reflected in the many and diverse groups and clubs. He has watched it grow throughout his life, welcomes the many benefits this growth has brought and believes if a town is pleasant to live in it’s a good town for tourism and business. He has a great love of North Berwick, the town and people. After luring Robie into the Steuben County woods, strangling him, beating him with rocks, and sodomizing him with a stick, Smith. His story made national headlines and the jury unanimously found Smith guilty of second-degree murder. He also served on the Committee of the East Lothian Tourist Board before becoming a director of the Edinburgh & Lothian’s Tourist Board until its demise and amalgamation with Visit Scotland and also helped form EL Tourist Forum and served as Chairman for a number of years. Eric Smith was just 13 years old when he murdered 4-year-old Derrick Robie in Savona, New York. He served a local Electrical Engineering apprenticeship followed by 3 years in the Merchant Navy and 19 years in the offshore industry,, took over the running of the family business, Gilsland Caravan Park in 1990 and retired in 2013. Educated North Berwick and Napier College.
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