Claire Leveque. A murder trial is set to begin at the High Court in Edinburgh following the death of a 24-year-old woman in Shetland. Aren Pearson, 41, denies murdering his partner Claire Leveque, at a garage in Sandness on 11th February 2024. The murder charge alleges Pearson repeatedly struck Miss Leveque on the head, neck and body with a knife or knives. Pearson denied all charges when the case was heard at the High Court in Glasgow in December.