My attacker not in court, T2 murder trial is told

A FRIEND of Bradley Welsh has told jurors how the man accused of murdering the Trainspotting star is “100 per cent” not the male who also tried to kill him.

David Mcmillan,50, said

Sean Orman,30, isn’t one of the three men who came into his home in March 2019 and struck him on the head with a machete.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard the father of five say yesterday that that he was afraid for his children’s safety when the men came into the property.

The court heard Mr Mcmillan say that the men initially didn’t wear masks. But they then placed balaclavas over their faces.

He said he grabbed an axe which he kept in his kitchen for work but was hit on the head by one of the men with a machete. Moments later, his son, also David, hit the man with a bat.

Mr Mcmillan then said the men left his property and he was taken to hospital where he stayed for five days recovering from his injuries.

He and his family later left to go to Spain on holiday

On Monday, Mr Mcmillan said he could identify the men who came into the house. This prompted prosecution lawyer Richard Goddard QC to ask Mr Mcmillan if he could see his attacker in court.

Mr Mcmillan looked towards the dock, where Mr Orman sat alongside two security officers.

He then looked back and told Mr Goddard: “I take it you mean the man sitting beside the two security officers – I can 100 per cent say that it is not him or anybody else who came into my house.”

Mr Mcmillan was giving evidence on the fourth day of proceedings against Mr Orman, of Edinburgh, who denies murdering T2 Trainspotting star Mr Welsh in April 2019.

Mr Orman also denies attempting to murder Mr Mcmillan and assaulting Mr Mcmillan’s 25-year-old son son, also David.

Prosecutors claim Mr Orman killed Mr Welsh, who won praise after he played Mr Doyle in the sequel to Danny Boyle’s classic 1996 movie Trainspotting.