Nairn

"The people who are doing this have realised policing isn't as effective as it once was," Mr Nairn said.

Donald Nairn, the shop's owner, said he was trying to pull the woman off his colleague when he was punched in the face by a male accomplice.

Dad-of-two Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his family home in the Highland seaside town of Nairn on 28 November 2004.

SNP Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing said a "full explanation" was needed of why the total cost was not mentioned in a recent Scottish government announcement.

Alistair Wilson was fatally wounded when he was shot at his home in Nairn in November 2004 in what became known as the "doorstep murder".