A Scots teenager took a selfie with the caption 'gametime' shortly before he killed a neighbour. Jack McBride was just 17 when he knifed Johnny Winters in the heart during a confrontation in the street in Johnstone, Renfrewshire on April 1 2020.
McBride had earlier called his ex-girlfriend taunting her that she thought he could not "kill" somebody. He had gone on trial at the High Court in Glasgow charged with murdering 26 year-old Johnny.
But, via his QC Thomas Ross, McBride had his guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide accepted by prosecutors today.
McBride - now 19 - was remanded in custody pending sentencing next month.McBride and Johnny had both lived in High Street, Johnstone.The killer previously suspected Johnny was responsible for the door of his family home being torched in 2019.McBride then believed Johnny's partner had later made a threat towards his sister.On the night of the fatal attack, the teenager called his ex-girlfriend ranting about the victim.This included him stating: "You think I cannot kill someone.
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