Man jailed for culpable homicide after scissor attack on NHS worker

A man who killed a NHS worker in a horror scissor attack is behind bars.

Darren McDade turned on Kyle Zybilowicz, 29, at the victim's flat in Glasgow's southside on July 22 2023.

McDade then went to the "Herculean effort" of covering his tracks including hiding the weapon and burning his clothes.

The 34 year-old admitted to jurors that he was responsible for the death.

However, he claimed he had been fearing for his own life.

McDade said Kyle had initially forced himself upon him, bit hard on his finger before going to grab the scissors.

He said he got them first before striking Kyle although did not know how many times he lashed out.

McDade had been accused of murder at a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

But, he was today instead convicted of the reduced charge of culpable homicide while acting under provocation.

The first offender is due to learn his fate next month.

Despite his claims of being in fear, the court heard McDade still took Kyle's phone and threw it away during a taxi journey away from the bloodbath.

He also ditched the scissors behind an electricity box in the city's Maryhill.

McDade further took a hire car to the Campsie Fells in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire to burn his clothes after buying matches and turps from a supermarket.

In cross-examination, prosecutor Ali Murray put to McDade he was appearing, at times, to act like "the big innocent in all of this".

He replied: "Absolutely not."

Mr Murray also stated: "You went to the Herculean effort to destroy evidence because you knew that the good people of Police Scotland would be wanting to speak with you?"

McDade agreed.

Kyle was described by one friend who gave evidence in the trial as "a good guy, so funny...everybody loved him".

Lord Scott was given a number of victim impact statements penned by some of Kyle's grieving relatives for the judge to read prior to sentencing.

McDade will next return to court in Livingston on April 3.

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