Pacteau grew up in the wealthy Glasgow suburb of Bearsden and played with friends on a golf course a few fields away from the farm where he would dump Karen’s body.
His parents Guillaume and Noreen were well off and the family lived in plush homes for most of his time at Baljaffray primary school, where his dad ran a football team
One local recalled that Alex was so cumbersome on the pitch he got into a fight for barging into other players.