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A teenager has been jailed for a total of nine-and-a-half years for stabbing a young father to death and seriously assaulting another youth with a hammer.A teenager has been jailed for a total of nine-and-a-half years for stabbing a young father to death and seriously assaulting another youth with a hammer.
James Murphy, 17, from Glasgow, admitted culpable homicide after he killed 17-year-old Jamie McColl.James Murphy, 17, from Glasgow, admitted culpable homicide after he killed 17-year-old Jamie McColl.
He admitted assaulting Ryan Stewart, 17, with a hammer to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.He admitted assaulting Ryan Stewart, 17, with a hammer to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
Lord Turnbull said he had a duty "to respond on behalf of the public to the violence of the gang culture".Lord Turnbull said he had a duty "to respond on behalf of the public to the violence of the gang culture".
Murphy, from Cadder, killed Mr McColl - who had a baby son - with a single stab wound to the heart on Tresta Road on 10 March.Murphy, from Cadder, killed Mr McColl - who had a baby son - with a single stab wound to the heart on Tresta Road on 10 March.
He was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.He was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.
Murphy admitted assaulting Mr Stewart with a hammer, to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life on 20 September last year at a path near Skirsa Street.Murphy admitted assaulting Mr Stewart with a hammer, to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life on 20 September last year at a path near Skirsa Street.
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Sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Turnbull said: "As a 17-year-old youth you have the whole of your adult life ahead of you.Sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Turnbull said: "As a 17-year-old youth you have the whole of your adult life ahead of you.
"You have wasted that on account of the most petty differences between yourself and other youths from the Cadder area of Glasgow which all arose out of who lived where.""You have wasted that on account of the most petty differences between yourself and other youths from the Cadder area of Glasgow which all arose out of who lived where."
He said "the depth of this stupidity" was shown by Murphy's animosity to boys from Cadder despite living in the area but having chosen to associate with youths from Milton.He said "the depth of this stupidity" was shown by Murphy's animosity to boys from Cadder despite living in the area but having chosen to associate with youths from Milton.
"What is much worse, this misplaced rivalry has taken the life of another young man, who, like you, had his future ahead of him," said Lord Turnbull."What is much worse, this misplaced rivalry has taken the life of another young man, who, like you, had his future ahead of him," said Lord Turnbull.
"His family and friends will have to spend the rest of their lives living with the consequences of what you did. No sentence I can pass will undo what you have done.""His family and friends will have to spend the rest of their lives living with the consequences of what you did. No sentence I can pass will undo what you have done."
Defence counsel Paul McBride QC said there was a background of "a culture among certain young men involving groups, involving drinking and involving a gang mentality".Defence counsel Paul McBride QC said there was a background of "a culture among certain young men involving groups, involving drinking and involving a gang mentality".