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A ROYAL Navy worker who killed a man with a single punch moments after losing £1,000 at a casino has been detained for five years.
Kallum Delaney,20, attacked Robin Thomson,27, after storming out of the Riverboat Casino in Glasgow’s city centre at 5am on September 23 2014.
Robin Thomson from Perth who was killed in a motiveless treet attack in Glasgow.
Mr Thomson, originally from Perth, hit his head following the blow and later died in hospital.
Delaney - who was based at HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, Dunbartonshire - claimed that he thought Mr Thomson was going to hit him.
But following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, a jury rejected Delaney’s self defence claim and convicted him of culpable homicide.
On Thursday, at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Glennie, ordered Delaney to be imprisoned for five years.
“ He had said ‘why did you let me lose money?’ The more he lost, the more bets he put on.
Describing the case as a tragedy, Lord Glennie said that there was no sentence available to him which could bring comfort to Mr Thomson’s family.
He said: “This has been a difficult case. It is a tragedy. You have been convicted of the culpable homicide of Robin Thomson, a total stranger to you who was simply making his way home following a night out.
Kallum Delaney,20, attacked Robin Thomson,27, after storming out of the Riverboat Casino in Glasgow’s city centre at 5am on September 23 2014.
Robin Thomson from Perth who was killed in a motiveless treet attack in Glasgow.
Mr Thomson, originally from Perth, hit his head following the blow and later died in hospital.
Delaney - who was based at HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, Dunbartonshire - claimed that he thought Mr Thomson was going to hit him.
But following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, a jury rejected Delaney’s self defence claim and convicted him of culpable homicide.
On Thursday, at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Glennie, ordered Delaney to be imprisoned for five years.
“ He had said ‘why did you let me lose money?’ The more he lost, the more bets he put on.
Describing the case as a tragedy, Lord Glennie said that there was no sentence available to him which could bring comfort to Mr Thomson’s family.
He said: “This has been a difficult case. It is a tragedy. You have been convicted of the culpable homicide of Robin Thomson, a total stranger to you who was simply making his way home following a night out.
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what a coont
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Only five years?
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Could have been 10 but he turned down the judges offer of double or quits.
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He should have been given an extra 30 years for lying in court and saying it was self defence.
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The sad thing is, if he'd have stolen £1000 armed with a weapon, he'd have got longer,
That just about sums up our judicial system, Money x A life = Money |
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Horrible coont tried to blacken his victims name. 5 years not long enough.
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