Scots killer caged after 'abandoning' friend to die outside hospital
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who “abandoned” his friend to die outside a hospital from a knife wound which could have been treated has been jailed for nine and a half years.
Ben McCulloch, 28, killed Stephen Quigley, 26, at his home in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, on March 23, 2021. The High Court in Edinburgh heard how McCulloch and Mr Quigley had been socialising with each other in the moments leading up to the fatal assault.
McCulloch struck his victim, who lived in Neilston in East Renfrewshire, on the side of the head with a blade. The attacker - a disqualified driver - then drove Mr Quigley to a closed section of Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital and left him in a “secluded” part of the medical facility’s grounds.Mr Quigley was left six minutes from the accident and emergency department.
The disorientated victim tried to walk to casualty for help but was found dead outside a daytime ward the next morning. When police apprehended McCulloch, he claimed that he dropped his pal the distance from A&E as he didn’t want to give details of how Mr Quigley came by his injuries.The High Court in Glasgow heard the deceased would have survived if he received immediate medical treatment.
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