A top QC urged a judge to impose a “substantial” jail sentence on a “likeable” teenager who slashed a man’s throat months after trying to kill his flatmate.
Solicitor advocate Iain McSporran told judge Lord Fairley that a lengthy period in custody would give Jay Begbie, now 18, a chance of rehabilitation. Mr McSporran made the submission during a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday.
Begbie had pleaded guilty in June 2022 to charges of attempting to murder Jack Elliot on March 18 2021 at the house they shared in Leith, Edinburgh. After being granted bail for the offence, Begbie then went onto stab Robert Young at his flat in Duddingston, Edinburgh, on June 27 2021.
