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Grant McCabe

Owen Hassan murderers jailed for 40 years after brutal slaying outside Glasgow pub

Two killers who brutally attacked a man outside his have been jailed for a total of more than 40 years.

Craig Corrall, 39, and David Callaghan, 30, pounced on in November 2018.

The 30 year-old dad died after being stabbed in the heart outside the Old Stag Inn bar – run by his mum Ann Marie Lynch in Glasgow's Pollokshaws.

The thugs were jailed for life at the after they were convicted of murder.

Jurors heard at a trial how raging was “prepared to do 20 years” after discovering Mr Hassan had been seeing his ex-lover.

He was instead locked up for at least 20 years and six months while was sentenced to 20 years.

Lord Woolman told the pair the attack was “pre-mediated and vicious”.

The judge said: “In a victim impact statement, his mother said she cannot describe the physical pain she feels daily, the sickness in her stomach and the ache in her heart.”

Police Scotland officers at the scene after Owen Hassan died outside the Old Stag Inn (Daily Record)

He added the jury rejected claims the killers had been victims of “mistaken identity”.

Hassan's mum told the trial how she found her dying son “covered in blood” after he was set upon on November 7 2018.

Lynch: “I was trying to get a phone to call an ambulance. I was just trying to help him.”

The 55 year-old also went after her 's attackers as they fled.

One yelled at her: “F*** off, missus.”

Miss Lynch recalled: “I just thought: “Who are you...what have you done?'.”

Her friend James also came to Hassan's aid.

The 65 year-old tried to shield Lynch from her son's gruesome injuries.

Nolan recalled the victim's “face hanging off” as he lay in the street.

The electrician told the trial how one of the attackers “strolled” away after the killing.

Nolan: “The guy turned around and just stared at me. He had a weapon. There was no speech, nothing.

“It was a butcher's knife. It was big...seriously big.”

Craig Corrall is one of two people convicted of murdering Owen Hassan (Police Scotland)

The witness recalled trying to cling to life, but that “his eyes were going by the second”.

Corrall and Callaghan were eventually held for the murder in March this year following a large scale investigation.

Corrall's former partner Stephanie Kinnaird was quizzed during the probe.

They had been together for eight years before she had a brief relationship with Mr Hassan in 2018.

She blocked Corrall's number after he then bombarded her with abusive and threatening texts.

Prosecutor Lynsey MacDonald asked her: “Did it become apparent that knew about your relationship with ?”

The 28 year-old replied: “At the beginning, no, but then I received messages from Craig that he knew.”

One message stated: “I told you. It's me or him who dies...”

Owen Hassan's mum AnnMarie Lynch owned the pub in Pollockshaws (Daily Record)

Another included: “You mean nothing to me...and remember I am prepared to die or do 20 years.”

A further text claimed would go to jail “as long as its worth it”.

The trial heard Corrall went on to boast to a friend that he had “stabbed the f*** out” of Hassan.

Stephen Ward recalled how the thug earlier confessed he had “done something bad”.

The 24 year-old told jurors: “He informed me where it had taken place. He said that it was a very short distance from the Old Stag Inn in Pollokshaws.”

The court heard today/yesterday that both thugs continue to protest their innocence.

 
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