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Race hate murder man found guilty | |
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A man has been found guilty of murdering an Indian naval officer in a racially motivated attack in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. | A man has been found guilty of murdering an Indian naval officer in a racially motivated attack in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. |
Christopher Miller, 25, slashed father-to-be Kunal Mohanty, 30, in the neck as he walked to a restaurant with his friends in March this year. | Christopher Miller, 25, slashed father-to-be Kunal Mohanty, 30, in the neck as he walked to a restaurant with his friends in March this year. |
He had claimed it was a botched robbery but a jury at the High Court in Glasgow returned a unanimous verdict of murder. | |
Prosecutors said the seaman was attacked because of his skin colour. | Prosecutors said the seaman was attacked because of his skin colour. |
Mr Mohanty, who was due to become a father for the first time, was in Glasgow to sit his captain's exams at the city's Nautical College. | Mr Mohanty, who was due to become a father for the first time, was in Glasgow to sit his captain's exams at the city's Nautical College. |
During the trial a casualty consultant described Mr Mohanty's neck injury as "one of the worst he had ever seen." | During the trial a casualty consultant described Mr Mohanty's neck injury as "one of the worst he had ever seen." |
Prosecutor Dorothy Bain QC said it was " an atrocity delivered without mercy, a death blow" and "an unprovoked attack on a blameless, defenceless and wholly decent man because Christopher Miller didn't like the colour of his skin." | |
Miller and his friend were seen on CCTV footage after the attack | |
As Mr Mohanty lay dying in the street with blood gushing from his neck, Miller and his friend John McGrory, 20, were seen on CCTV running through a car park celebrating. | |
Mr McGrory was so close to Miller when he killed Mr Mohanty that he got the dead man's blood on his trainers. | |
Both men are seen cuddling, punching their arms in the air and at one point skin-head Miller is seen putting his jumper over his head in a football-style celebration. | |
The whole incident was captured on security cameras at the procurator fiscal's office. | |
An hour later Miller was again captured on CCTV throwing sauce at staff at Asian takeaway Sizzlers and shouting racial abuse at them. | |
Mr Miller's brother Jamie Miller, 17, from Govanhill, Glasgow, gave evidence during the trial and said Miller told him he had "done a Paki". |