A millionaire property developer who ordered the murder of a Scots businessman in Australia has lost a second bid to overturn his conviction.
Ron Medich arranged for his former business partner, Michael McGurk, to be shot dead outside his Sydney home after their relationship soured. Mr McGurk, 45, originally from Glasgow's Gorbals, was killed by a single bullet to the head in front of his young son as he got out of his Mercedes in September 2009.
Medich, 74, was jailed for at least 30 years in 2018 after being found guilty of the murder of Mr McGurk and the subsequent intimidation of his widow Kimberley on August 8, 2010. He launched an appeal claiming he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice because of evidence given at the trial by his former friend Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari.
