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| Race hate murder man found guilty | Race hate murder man found guilty |
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| A man has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years for the racially aggravated murder of an Indian naval officer 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. | |
| Miller claimed it was a botched mugging but a jury at the High Court in Glasgow returned a unanimous verdict of murder. | |
| The judge said the killing was as "incomprehensible as it was evil". | |
| During the trial at the High Court in Glasgow 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. |
| The court heard that he was left bleeding to death from an 18cm long hole in his neck in the attack in Bedford Lane near the Citizens' Theatre. | |
| 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 skinhead 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. | 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. | 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". | 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". |