[1][2][3][4] The following year his wife, Sheila Garvie, and her lover, Brian Tevendale, were convicted of his murder after a sensational trial at the Aberdeen High Court, which included revelations about group sex and drugs.
Later Tevendale disposed of the body in a tunnel at Lauriston Castle, near St Cyrus.
Maxwell frequently arranged wild parties in his house which involved orgies.
Sheila Garvie and Tevendale broke off contact shortly after the trial, they were both released in 1978.
[7] Sheila Garvie Mastermind or Victim by AM Nicol (Ringwood Publishing, 2022)