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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. | 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 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. | 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 of murder but convicted of culpable homicide. | |
| The victim's 43-year-old father, who is also called George Walker, was thought to be the target of the attack. | |
| He was shot in the shoulder during the incident and was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he attended court on Thursday to see the jury deliver its verdict. | |
| Bullet proof | |
| Three of the six bullets that were fired hit his son, a former Rangers boys club star. | |
| Smith, of Irvine, and Campling, of Knightswood, Glasgow, were convicted of conspiracy to murder, murder and attempted murder. | |
| Burns, who drove the gang to the Walker home, had the murder and conspiracy charge found not proven. | |
| Mr Walker Sr, who runs a business called MPS Security, said: "I'm not living in fear, but my wife and daughter, Nicola, are scared that something else might happen to me and persuaded me to get a bullet-proof vest." | |
| Asked what the motive was for the contract on his life, he said: "At this stage, without mentioning names, all I can say is that it was in connection with a long-standing feud of a personal family nature. | |
| He was my flesh and blood, my only son, and I am just devastated George Walker Sr | |
| "But the dogs have been barking on the street that someone wanted me out of the way so they could take over my business." | |
| Mr Walker Sr vehemently denied that George Jr, who had a schoolboy role in the Ken Loach film "Sweet 16", was an intended victim of the hit. | |
| "George Jr had nothing to do with my business. He just worked as a window fitter and lived for his wee boy Ricco, who is two," he said. | |
| "Since it happened there is not a day goes past when I don't think about George Jr. | |
| "He was my flesh and blood, my only son, and I am just devastated." | |
| After admitting the shooting at the start of the trial, Pacitti, of Sandyhills, Glasgow, then took to the witness box. | |
| Bullet holes were clearly visible in the window of the house in Castlemilk | |
| In his evidence Pacitti named Smith as the man who took and organised the contract and paid out the wages afterwards. | |
| He also admitted that he and Campling were the two who opened fire and he named Burns as the driver. | |
| Neither the man they were all working for nor the motive behind the hit was revealed in court. | |
| Pacitti said they were driven to the home in Birgidale Terrace in a stolen Ford Mondeo. | |
| He went to the front door but heard four shots hitting the front window. He then moved to the window and fired two shots himself. | |
| He told how he was expecting to receive £8,000 for the job, but was only given £5,000 in cash. | |
| Judge Hugh Matthews QC, also called for reports on Campling, who has been kept apart from the others for his own safety. | |
| He deferred sentencing until next month. |