I threw my golf brolly at gunman as he shot me and then I ran away
Shooting victim tells court of moment he came under fire during school run
A MAN yesterday told a court he was shot by a gunman seconds after collecting his daughter from primary school.
Ross Sherlock, 35, from Glasgow, said he was walking towards his BMW X5 when a man wearing fluorescent workmen’s clothing shot at him.
Sherlock said he threw a golf umbrella at the gunman and ran away.
He was giving evidence at the trial of William Burns, 56, and Alexander Porter, 48, both from Paisley, who deny attempting to murder him by firing a gun at him on September 24, 2015, at Dornoch Place and Ronaldsay Drive, Bishopbriggs.
They also deny assaulting journalist Russell Findlay at his home in the west end of Glasgow on December 23, 2015, by throwing sulphuric acid in his face.
The prosecution allege these alleged offences were aggravated by a connection with serious organised crime.
Sherlock, who said he was a kitchen fitter at the time, told the High Court in Glasgow he was walking from St Helen’s Primary School chatting to another parent Vincent Cassidy and their daughters were walking in front hand-in-hand.
The jury heard the area was busy with parents collecting their children from school.
Prosecutor Richard Goddard asked: “What happened then?”
He replied: “I noticed a man with working clothes. They were fluorescent. He was coming from behind me and walked towards me. He pulled a gun out, hit me and I ran.”
Mr Goddard asked: “What sort of gun?” Sherlock replied: “A handgun.”
The jurors were told that Sherlock was hit on the right arm and the bullet went clean through it, breaking his arm.
He said two or three bullets were fired and it was the first one which hit him.
He added he ran through gardens and ended up in Ronaldsay Drive where he phoned his partner Ashley McLaggan, who had waited in their car while he collected their daughter.
Mr Sherlock said: “I just asked her if our daughter was OK and told her to come and get me.”
Burns has lodged a special defence of alibi, claiming he was working at Guinea Enviro in Maryhill, Glasgow, at the time.
The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.