The jury in the trial of a soldier charged with murdering a waiter in Orkney 14 years ago has resumed deliberations on a verdict.
A soldier who was just 15 when a waiter was "assassinated" in Orkney in 1994 has been found guilty of the murder.
Michael Ross, 29, denies shooting Shamsuddin Mahmood, 26, dead in Kirkwall in 1994 when he was aged 15.
Sgt Michael Ross, 29, who became a Black Watch sniper, denied shooting Shamsuddin Mahmood, 26, dead in a Kirkwall restaurant.
The Crown claimed the circumstantial evidence proves his guilt but the defence asked whether a boy of 15 could have committed the crime.
The Crown claimed the evidence proved his guilt, but the defence asked if a boy of 15 could have done it.
The jury at the High Court in Glasgow was sent home on Thursday.
The jury returned the verdict on Ross, now of Inverness, after a six-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Trial judge Lord Hardie told the jury of 10 women and five men there was sufficient circumstantial evidence, assuming they accepted it.
But Lord Hardie added: "If you are not satisfied that 15-year-old Michael Ross murdered Mr Mahmood you must acquit."
The shooting had all the hallmarks of a professional hit, the jury was told during the earlier closing speeches.
Mr Ross is accused of entering the Mumutaz restaurant in Kirkwall with his face masked and shooting Mr Mahmood in the head.
Mr Ross has lodged a special defence of alibi claiming he was nowhere near the Indian restaurant or Kirkwall town centre but was cycling in another part of Orkney.
