I heard 2 shots ring out then motor sped off
Cabbie tells murder trial of Euan attack
BY WILMA RILEY TWO shots were fired at murder victim Euan Johnston at traffic lights before a car sped off, a court heard yesterday.
Rustam Saddiq was driving his taxi when an Audi Q5 overtook him on St Andrews Drive, Glasgow, at 40 to 50mph.
As he approached the junction of Shields Road and Scotland Street, he saw the Q5 stopped at the lights alongside an Audi RS4.
He told the High Court in Glasgow: “As I slowed behind the Audi Q5, I heard two shots and then it sped off into Scotland Street.
“At the time, I said to my friend Umar Mohammed, who was in the car with me, it sounded like gunshots, but I wasn’t sure.”
He said he then saw the RS4 crash into barriers at the side of the road.
He was giving evidence at the trial of Anthony Ruthven, 32, and David Scott, 33, who deny murdering Euan on November 15 last year, by shooting him. Ruthven also faces a separate attempted murder and assault charge.
Saddiq described seeing someone get out of the passenger door of Euan’s RS4 to help him.
He said he called police then he and his friend went over to help.
Donald Findlay QC, defending Ruthven, said: “It was bang bang, just as quickly as you say it?” The witness replied: “Yes.”
Earlier, paramedic David O’Hara told the jury that he found Euan slumped over the steering wheel.
He said: “He had suffered a catastrophic head injury.” Euan was later pronounced dead in hospital.
The trial continues.