A Scotsman unanimously cleared of killing his best friend's girlfriend in a bike crash bowed to the jury before walking to his freedom gasping for breath in relief this afternoon.

Donald Iain MacDonald, 29, a waiter at the Henry VIII Restaurant, made no comment before gathering with a small coterie of supporters after all 12 jury members found him not guilty of causing the death of Canadian waitress Anett Farkas, 24, by dangerous driving in 2005.