SNS GroupA gunman who tried to kill his target in a daylight shooting has been jailed for 13 and a half years.
Jamie Purdie shot at the home of Steven Gordon in Glasgow’s Garthamlock around 9am on February 3 last year.
Purdie then raced off in his black Skoda before Gordon, 38, left his home and jumped into his Land Rover to go after the 36-year-old.
CCTV captured a high-speed chase near the city’s Fort shopping complex.
Purdie eventually crashed into a bus, stumbled out and was then hit by Gordon in his 4×4 as revenge.
Purdie again discharged the shotgun before staggering away towards the busy M8 motorway.
He later told police he had been forced to carry out the crime due to a drug debt.
Purdie was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
He had earlier admitted to a number of charges, including attempted murder, as well as other gun and driving offences.
Judge Louise Arrol KC cut the jail term from 18 years due to his guilty plea.
She told Purdie “innocent citizens are entitled to live their lives without being subjected to terrifying criminal behaviour” such as the discharge of firearms and dangerous driving.
Judge Arrol said: “These offences were brought about by your involvement in drugs.
“The courts cannot tolerate the discharge of drug debt being discharged by criminality.
“Shots were fired at two locations – each a public place – in what can only be described as a planned hit.
“You were seeking to deliver a message – the sentence I am imposing will also send a message.
“It is this – the court will not allow people like you to cause harm to society.”
Purdie will also be supervised for a further three years on his release.
He was further banned from driving for ten years.
The court previously heard the circumstances of the shooting and Purdie then being pursued by his intended target Gordon.
Prosecutor Lucy Adams explained: “Purdie crashed the Skoda into the side of a bus at the A8 slip lane (near M8 in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire).
“He got out in possession of a bag containing the gun, which fell out onto the ground.
“Purdie was then deliberately struck by Gordon, who was driving towards him in the Land Rover.
“Purdie’s foot was injured and he lost his trainer.
“Gordon then reversed to try and strike him again. Purdie got up and fired the shotgun at the Land Rover. Gordon then managed to drive off.”
Purdie managed to clamber up an embankment and ditch the firearm.
He then climbed over a barrier onto the busy motorway and stopped a trucker.
Purdie claimed: “My name is David. Someone is trying to kill me. They tried to ram me.”
The HGV driver initially planned to take him to hospital, but Purdie instead went to his partner’s home in Wishaw, Lanarkshire.
He did, however, end up needing metal plates and pins inserted for his serious foot injury.
It was at Wishaw General Hospital that he was later traced and confessed to what he had done.
Purdie claimed “two massive guys with tribal ink” had earlier come to his door and demanded he carry out the crime as he owed money.
He said a car was dropped off at a side street with the gun in it.
Purdie said: “They said I had to shoot someone.”
After the attack, he stated he was “chased for ages” and “the boy ran over my foot”.
Purdie further added to police: “I do not want you thinking I am a bad guy.”
Rhonda Anderson, defending, said Purdie had apparently been “reluctant” to get involved.
The solicitor advocate said: “Even at a late stage, he wanted to run away, but was aware others were watching him.”
Purdie had also accepted that he had “exposed the public to serious risk”.
Gordon was jailed in December for three years and six months at a separate hearing after he pleaded guilty to his involvement.
He admitted to assaulting Purdie to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment, as well as to the danger to his life.
Gordon hit the headlines in 2006 after he subjected a hamster to a terrible death by taping it to a lit firework.
He was part of a laughing group who filmed the shocking incident in the city’s Possilpark.
Gordon – then 20 – was spared jail and instead sentenced to 220 hours of community service.
He has also served time for drug offences.
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