Man Who Refused Drink Murdered For Being 'Cheeky'
06/09/2008 06:16
A THUG who kicked a
man to death for refusing a drink said his
victim was being
"cheeky".
Thomas Muir, 44, was questioned by police after Val Dalzell's body was found at a drinking den in Clydebank, on 21 February.
He told them that Mr
Dalzell was sleeping off a drinking binge
under a quilt, wearing only socks and
underpants.
A court heard that when Mr Dalzell, 48, refused another drink, Muir challenged him to fight. Muir later told police: "He was very cheeky to me. I turned round and said: 'Would you like to put your clothes on, mate, and we'll have a square go?' He said 'no' then I jumped for his head."
But at the High Court in Edinburgh he denied murder – claiming someone else was as likely to have inflicted the fatal blow.
The jury found Muir guilty of murder. The judge, Lord Menzies, remanded him in custody. He is to be sentenced next month.
SINC SAYS:
I thought that a Scot was only cheeky under his kilt.
A court heard that when Mr Dalzell, 48, refused another drink, Muir challenged him to fight. Muir later told police: "He was very cheeky to me. I turned round and said: 'Would you like to put your clothes on, mate, and we'll have a square go?' He said 'no' then I jumped for his head."
But at the High Court in Edinburgh he denied murder – claiming someone else was as likely to have inflicted the fatal blow.
The jury found Muir guilty of murder. The judge, Lord Menzies, remanded him in custody. He is to be sentenced next month.
SINC SAYS:
I thought that a Scot was only cheeky under his kilt.