Pal of Bradley Welsh, James Peem Davidson, was attacked near his home on Wednesday afternoon (Image: UGC)
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Scotland s deadly gangland feuds came to fore again this week with a horrible machete attack in broad daylight in the capital – and it looks like the fall-out from the execution of Bradley Welsh refuses to die down.
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The damaged mobile Sean Orman hid from police
David McMillan, 50, survived a machete attack at his home in Pitcairn Grove, Edinburgh, on march 13 2019.
Orman had denied carrying out the £10,000 contract hit, insisting he was elsewhere at the time, and the attack on Mr McMillan.
But during his trial at the High Court in Edinburgh it emerged in evidence that he had admitted having ‘encro’ messages on his phone – a reference to EncroChat, encrypted messages which are used by crime gang bosses to co-ordinate drug deals, beatings and murders.
Law enforcement agencies, including Police Scotland and the National Crime Agency, are studying encrypted messages which are believed to name the major players on the Edinburgh drug scene.
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Orman was jailed for a minimum 28 years yesterday for murdering Welsh, 48, by shooting him in the head with a shotgun outside his home in Edinburgh’s West End on April 17 2019, and attempting to murder one of his associates.
The damaged mobile Sean Orman hid from police
David McMillan, 50, survived a machete attack at his home in Pitcairn Grove, Edinburgh, on march 13 2019.
Orman had denied carrying out the £10,000 contract hit, insisting he was elsewhere at the time, and the attack on Mr McMillan.
But during his trial at the High Court in Edinburgh it emerged in evidence that he had admitted having ‘encro’ messages on his phone – a reference to EncroChat, encrypted messages which are used by crime gang bosses to co-ordinate drug deals, beatings and murders.
Bradley Welsh murder: Gangland hitman found guilty of executing gym owner on his doorstep
Sean Orman has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years behind bars.
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