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Three face life for city shooting | Three face life for city shooting |
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Three men are facing life sentences for the murder of a 20-year-old man who was shot as he sat in his living room. | |
George Walker, 20, was shot in a contract killing at his home in Castlemilk, Glasgow, last August. | |
John Smith, 23, and Thomas Campling, 36, were found guilty of murder after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. | |
Marcello Pacitti, 26, had earlier admitted the shooting. Alan Burns, 41, was cleared or murder but convicted of culpable homicide. | |
The victim's father, who is also called George Walker, was thought to be target of the attack. | The victim's father, who is also called George Walker, was thought to be target of the attack. |
He received a bullet wound to his shoulder and was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he attended court on Thursday to see the jury deliver its verdict. | |
Sentence was deferred until 2 August. | Sentence was deferred until 2 August. |