A gunman who murdered a younger father in a taking pictures assault close to to a youngsters's play park misplaced a bid to cut back his minimal jail time period at present. Jordan Owens was jailed for all times and ordered to serve at the least 23 years as a punishment a part of the sentence after he was convicted of the homicide of Jamie Lee in Castlemilk, Glasgow.
Owens, 28, challenged the minimal time period which he should serve earlier than he's eligible to hunt parole as "extreme" on the Courtroom of Felony Attraction in Edinburgh. However Scotland's senior decide, the Lord Justice Basic Lord Carloway, mentioned: "The court docket is unable to carry this punishment half is extreme and it'll subsequently refuse the enchantment."
Lord Carloway, who heard the enchantment with Lord Pentland and Lord Matthews, mentioned it had been submitted that they need to consider Owens' relative youth on the time of the homicide on July 8, 2017, and his immaturity. However the senior decide mentioned the offence concerned using a firearm in a deadly method within the context of gang violence within the Castlemilk space.
He mentioned it was inevitably going to draw a punishment a part of a substantial size, significantly as Owens was additionally convicted of trying to homicide a second man, Joseph Lee, who was additionally shot within the arm on the identical evening on land close to to Ballantay Terrace, Glasgow.
Lord Beckett, the trial decide who sentenced Owens, informed him: "Jamie Lee misplaced his life in his early 20s. His household have needed to endure his loss and his baby will develop up with out his father."
Owens, from Castlemilk, had armed himself with a gun and outfitted himself with a bullet proof vest earlier than the deadly confrontation. He subsequently fled overseas as a fugitive however was tracked down in Portugal and returned to Scotland to face justice.
Defence counsel Brian McConnachie QC informed the enchantment judges: "It's totally accepted, having regard to the character of the conviction and using a firearm, that the punishment half to be imposed on this case could be on the greater finish of the dimensions."
He mentioned: "This was successfully a low degree feud involving rival gangs within the Castlemilk space of Glasgow."
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However Mr McConnachie mentioned that Owens was aged solely 23 on the time of the fee of the offences and his age was an element that impacted on his culpability over the crime. He argued that it might be distinguished from taking pictures murders involving contract assassinations or severe, organised crime hits.
The enchantment judges mentioned they'd give fuller causes for his or her choice at a later date.
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