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Glasgow hitman shoots man in the head then boasts 'bang bang where is your crew' on TikTok

Images have emerged of two Glasgow hitmen making gun gestures as they flee the scene in their getaway car.

John McCann and Anton Brannigan recorded themselves singing along to gangster rap after gunning a man down outside a Glasgow shop with a sawn-off shotgun.

Robert 'Boab' Spence was hit in the head as he sat in a van on the Tollcross street while a second man Gary Spence was also hit with pellets as he sat next to him after buying food, the Daily Record reports.

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McCann, 35, and Brannigan, 30, recorded footage as they fled to England in the aftermath, then uploaded it to TikTok.

At one point McCann, looks directly at the camera and says: "Bang, bang, where is your crew?" as the music plays with Brannigan running his finger across his throat.

Details of the terrifying drama emerged at a Glasgow High Court hearing earlier this week, where a jury convicted them both for the attempted murder of both victims on January 12, 2021.

A source told the Daily Record: "Brannigan made the video and sent it to a few of his mates.

"His pals then forwarded it on and within a couple of hours it had been seen by hundreds of people.

"He seemed really pleased with what they had done. They must look back and realise that making that video was a really stupid thing to do."

Anton Brannigan shows off in the TikTok footage (Daily Record)

They added: "Brannigan sticks his tongue out and makes a gun symbol five times then runs his finger along his throat.

"He was enjoying himself and didn't seem to have any worries.

"McCann shouting 'Bang, bang where is your crew?' is clearly a message being sent."

The shooting was described in court as a "planned assassination attempt".

The trial heard how Brannigan and McCann arrived at the scene in a white Seat Ibiza car and lay in wait outside the One Stop Shop.

A van containing Spence and Milne pulled up outside the store at around 7.34am.

The victims collected coffee and rolls from the shop and were shot after they returned to their vehicle.

The attackers later fled to Brannigan's cousin's home in Hull before returning to Glasgow the next day.

Prosecutor Graeme Jessop referred to the video when quizzing Branningan in the dock and asked if he was bragging about the shooting.

Brannigan replied: "No, just singing a song."

Text messages from the day of the shooting were recovered by police. McCann stated to a friend that he and Brannigan needed a place to "lay low for a while" and asked for the car to be "burned" out.

Their vehicle was found with different number plates in Yorkshire three days after the shooting.

John McCann (Daily Record)

Spence and Milne were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where medics removed pellets from their heads. Neither men suffered serious injuries.

The court heard Brannigan and McCann have more than 20 previous convictions each.

Brannigan was sentenced to 67 months for assault and robbery in 2010.

Judge Michael O'Grady told both men: "The point of your ambition is to be regarded by others and yourselves as gangsters.

"Whatever else you are, you are immature childish fantasists - you are dangerous fantasists."

Sentence was deferred until next month and both men were remanded in custody.

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