A vicious killer who stabbed a dad in the neck with a broken piece of crockery has been sentenced to life in jail. Andrew McLeod, 58, will spend at least 20 years behind bars for the "needless" slaying of dad John Dalziel, 47, on May 6, 2021.
McLeod launched the sickening attack on the Paisley man on his birthday at his own home in Whites Bridges Avenue, leaving him "slaughtered" in the living room. A trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard that McLeod carved a 13cm-long slash in Dalziel's neck with the plate.
He attempted to stab his victim with the dish multiple times and struck him on the head, causing blunt force trauma. The dad was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with serious injuries, but tragically died a short time later.
