'A small argument ensued over me supposedly shooting their brother and cousin.. I was in a coma for a month ..I think' WHAT PUB KILLER TOLD COURT ABOUT BRAWL.Byline: By MARK SMITH A MURDERER jailed for blasting two men with a sawn-off shotgun yesterday told how he was beaten in the aftermath of the attack. James Bain told a court he was set upon after ex-boxing champion Alex McKinnon
Alex Alexander McKinnon (Born April 17 1895 Sault Ste. , 32, was killed and his brother-in-law James Hendry James Hendry (September 25, 1885 – September 9, 1945) was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1943 until his death in 1945. In 1885, Hendry was born at Beith, Ayrshire, to John Hendry, a butcher, and his wife Maggie Allan. , 27, was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. at the Marmion pub in Edinburgh. The 23-year-old, who yesterday won the right to appeal against his conviction for murder and attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , said he was confronted by seven or eight people. Asked what he could remember, he said: "A small argument ensued over me supposedly shooting their brother and cousin and then being attacked. I was in a coma for a month, I think." Bain told the high court in Edinburgh he could recall "bits" of the assault outside his home in Gilmerton. He said: "I just remember the start of it. Just feeling hit and that was the end of it. I don't think it was with fists. I don't know what it was. It seemed hard." The murder victim's brother, Shaun McKinnon, 21, of Edinburgh, is accused of attempting to murder Bain after the pub shooting in April last year. He denies the charge and says he has an alibi. Scene-of-crime expert David Arundel told the court parts of a broken shotgun were found in a bin and in a blood-stained garden in Gilmerton Dykes Terrace. Other witnesses said they heard two bangs and saw two men run out of the Marmion, followed by angry customers demanding to know where they had gone. The trial continues. mark.smith@mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): HORROR: Gun attack; BEATEN: James Bain; SHOT: Alex McKinnon |
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