Three killers who gunned down a man in a cold-blooded execution have cost taxpayers £120,000 in legal aid. Thomas Duris, 28, Derek Felvus, 25, and James Baillie, 26, were all handed life sentences for the shooting of Graham Williamson in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Williamson, 26, was targeted in the garden of his home as he dealt with a recovery firm called to collect his burnt-out car. He was shot from behind with a sawn-off shotgun and later died in hospital.
The thugs were handed sentences totalling 67 years after being convicted of the August 2020 murder at the High Court in Glasgow. It has now emerged the gang were given £116,382 to fund their defence teams led by top lawyers including Ian Duguid QC and James Stephenson.
