Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his...

Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his frustration as he waited the legal decision on his fate. January 27 was to mark his 17th anniversary on death row after his conviction for the murder of two-year-old Cynthia Collins in an arson attack on his former girlfriend 's home. Edinburgh-born Richey was still waiting for the outcome of an appeal against the conviction made eight months back to judges in Ohio. He said: "Obviously they are intent on dragging this out. "It is bad enough that they wrongfully convicted me without having to be forced to wait until the courts feel like getting round to deciding on my case. Nightmare "I have been wrongfully convicted of a crime I didn't commit by people who knew I was innocent and who didn't care. Richey's partner Karen Torley, of Glasgow, also voiced her anger at the length of time the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has taken to reach a decision. She said: "It is appalling the way he has been treated. This appeal stretches all the way back to last May with a human life at stake and we have heard nothing." Richey, who moved to the US in 1981, twice refused a plea bargain that would have spared his life if he confessed to the crime.