Two gunmen have admitted the attempted murder of the brother of a notorious gangland figure in Glasgow.

Christopher Bailiff and James MacPherson repeatedly shot Eddie Boyd in the hallway of his home in Glasgow's Pollok last September.

The duo attacked the brother of dead gangster Stewart "Specky" Boyd after forcing their way into the property. The victim's partner Sharon MacPherson was also injured and the family dog killed.

Bailiff, 34, and MacPherson, 43, pled guilty to an attempted murder charge on the second day of their trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Gary Docherty, 23, who also faced the same allegation, walked free after prosecutors withdrew all charges against him.

Bailiff and MacPherson, who are serial offenders, were remanded in custody and face lengthy jail-terms for trying to kill Mr Boyd, 48. The attack is thought to be the fifth time Boyd has survived being shot.

Ex-army lance corporal Bailiff and MacPherson targeted the dad on the evening of September 22 last year. They burst into his family home in Haughburn Road, Pollok and blasted him with handguns.

Young daughter

Girlfriend Miss MacPherson, 36, is believed to have been hit with one of the weapons during the attack, which happened in front of Mr Boyd's young daughter.

Pet dog Taz was shot dead as the animal tried to defend its owner.
Bailiff and MacPherson then fled after the shooting in a silver BMW.

Boyd was left badly injured as a result of the murder bid. It is thought he still requires the use of a wheelchair almost a year after the attack.

The jury on the first day of the trial was shown a series of graphic crime scene photos taken after the shooting. Blood splattered the walls of Boyd's home with spent bullets and cartridges found around the property.

Panels to a living room door were missing and the pet dog lay dead on the ground.

It was more than two months before Bailiff and MacPherson were arrested after high profile appeals to help capture the gunmen.

Tim Niven Smith, prosecuting, said on Wednesday that both were "no stranger to the high court".

Bailiff was on licence at the time having been released early from a five-year jail term for his role in a heroin deal. Mr Niven Smith added MacPherson had a "fairly deplorable" criminal past including convictions for violence and firearms.

The pair had also been accused of assaulting Boyd's girlfriend, killing the pet dog, reset of a car and a number of firearm charges, but not guilty pleas were accepted.

Judge Lord Brailsford adjourned the case until later this month when it is expected further details of the attack will be heard.

Boyd's brother Specky was a major gangland figure, who was killed in a crash in Spain in 2003.

He had been at the centre of a massive drugs surveillance operation in the days before his death.