THESE are the two thugs who kicked and stamped an innocent man to death as the victim’s partner watched.
A jury yesterday took two hours and 50 minutes to find fresh-faced
Asif Rehman, 20, and Adel Ishaq, 19, guilty of murdering Irish-born
labourer William McKeeney, 57.
A charge that the attack was racially motivated was dropped.
William was coming home with a fish supper after a night out when
Rehman, known as “Noddy”, and Ishaq, nicknamed “Fetchy”, attacked him
outside his home in Pollokshields, Glasgow, on January 15. Asif Rehman
His partner, Anne Newlands, 48, told how she saw “two Asian men stamping on something”.
She went outside and found William on the ground. His last words – “what’s the problem lads?” – were recorded on Ishaq’s phone.
The
killers, who blamed each other, had been drinking and taking diazepam.
Both had convictions for assault and robbery and Rehman was under a
community payback order at the time of the murder. McKeeney, 57, who died after he was attacked by two men
The jury at the High Court in Kilmarnock convicted Rehman unanimously and Ishaq by majority. The killers showed no emotion.
Both will be given life sentences on November 9.
Anne
was too upset to comment after the hearing. William’s niece, Kathleen
Gallagher, said he was one of seven brothers and sisters, and “a lovely
man and a pal to everyone”.
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