T2 Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh remembered with tributes a year on
Touching tributes have been paid to T2 Trainspotting actor Bradley Welsh a year on from his brutal death.
The 48-year-old boxing gym boss and charity founder was shot on the steps of his West End basement flat a year ago.
Former colleagues and friends at the Holyrood Boxing Gym he ran posted an emotional message on Facebook to mark yesterday’s anniversary.
“A year has passed, feels like we talked just yesterday,” the statement read.
“Hearing the words ‘nothing worth having comes easy’ you would say. Times are a changing, but your ethos, helping one another, your legacy continues till this day.
“Bradley son of Edinburgh we love you, we miss you dearly.”
The Helping Hands charity Mr Welsh co-founded to help disadvantaged kids across the
Scottish capital also posted a message saying “rest in peace”.
Some added their own tributes, with Neil Renton posting: “I’ve got a vision of Brad diving about Edinburgh during all of this, making sure those less fortunate were being looked after. Rest in peace.”
Sean Orman, 28, is awaiting trial after being charged in connection with Mr Welsh’s death.orman,fromaddiewell in West Lothian, also faces a series of other charges, including the attempted murder of another man during an incident in Pitcairn Grove in March last year.
Hundreds of mourners turned out at Mr Welsh’s funeral in June last year.
A procession to Mortonhall Crematorium was led by a hearse carrying his green coffin, in tribute to the Hibs fan.
Friends and loved ones laid floral tributes to the sounds of club anthem The Proclaimers’ Sunshine on Leith.
A poster featuring an illustration of Mr Welsh – who played kingpin Mr Doyle in the big screen adaptation of the Trainspotting follow-up – bearing a number of poignant messages from friends was on display outside.
Mr Welsh secured the role in 2017 thanks to a successful Guinness World Record attempt that saw him spar with 360 people in succession, including the film’s director, Danny Boyle.
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh was among those at the funeral, after tweeting a heartfelt message to his friend.
The message read: “Early train from London to Edinburgh to pay last respects to our wonderful, legendary friend Bradley at Holyrood Boxing. Miss him so much already. It’ll be a very hard day for us all, but we’ll stand together in praise and celebration of a great and unique human being.”