Career criminal jailed after killing drug dealer sat at traffic lights

A violent career criminal was yesterday convicted of murdering alleged drug dealer Euan Johnston as he sat in his car at red lights.

David Scott, 33, from Glasgow, who was part of a gang which planned the execution of father-of-two Mr Johnston, 26, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years.

Scott was caught because he left behind a hooded top in the getaway car an Audi Q5 which was abandoned and set ablaze. But work by forensic scientists recovered fragments of the badly burned 0 David Scott was caught due to DNA on his hooded top top Scott had worn during the crime. His DNA was found on the zip area.

Police also found CCTV footage of the gang carrying out surveillance on Mr Johnston’s movements shortly before his death. On the footage one of the men is seen wearing the Nike top and pulling up the zip.

Scott was found guilty of murdering Mr Johnston while acting with others unknown by repeatedly discharging a firearm at him on 15 November 2016 at the junction of Shields Road and Scotland Street, Glasgow.

Yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow judge Lady Stacey told Scott : “You coldly and deliberately cut a man’s life short, leaving a grieving family. You carried this out in a public street and showed no regard to not only your victim but also to members of the public.”