They opened fire on a van with a sawn-off shotgun.
John McCann and Anton Brannigan struck Robert 'Boab' Spence on the head as he sat in a van outside a shop in Tollcross. The pellets from the one shot that was fired also hit Gary Milne sitting beside Mr Spence.
The callous pair later fled to England and recorded themselves singing gangster rap songs in the getaway car.The two men told a jury that they had never known or met their victims. "This was a planned assassination to be carried out in this city and it was ruthlessly celebrated in an odious fashion.Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.
Jurors were earlier taken to a text message sent by McCann to Brannigan from two weeks before the shooting.He stated: "That Boab Spence anaw will be there, cannae wait, I will wait until after it and give as many as I can." Brannigan claimed he fled the scene as he did not have a driving licence or insurance and believed the police would appear.
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