Two men convicted after death of Drumchapel dad Darren Sinclair

A man was brutally killed for apparently being “a grass”.

Darren Sinclair was stabbed through the heart and his body left on wasteland in Drumchapel, Glasgow last November.

The 27 year-old was said to have been attacked months earlier causing him a brain injury.

He spoke to police about the incident leading to graffiti being daubed in the area including: “Sinky's a grass”.

Jurors then heard Darren was lured to his death by killers Joseph McIntyre (35) and Robert Dunn (20).

McIntyre had earlier been in contact with an individual known to those allegedly behind the previous attack.

Darren died having suffered 10 stab wounds.

The thugs each separately confessed to what happened – including one of them telling a 10 year-old girl.

McIntyre was convicted of murder and Dunn guilty of culpable homicide following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

They will be sentenced next month.

Jurors heard how Darren had allegedly been assaulted earlier in 2018.

He later spoke to police before leaving for England.

But, he returned to Drumchapel two days before his death and attended a local fireworks display on November 5.

However, the court heard people were “sufficiently concerned” about his safety by being there.

There had been rumours of a “price” being on his head.

The trial was told Darren visited a bookmakers that night – and McIntyre was spotted peering in a window looking for him.

In her closing speech, prosecutor Jane Farquharson QC said McIntyre was then “never far away” from the dad.

The court heard claims McIntyre may have agreed to get involved in the killing as he was “skint”.

Both McIntyre and Dunn ended up with Darren at a “remote, dark isolated spot” in the area around 12.30am.

Miss Farquharson said there was a “cold, calculated and quite sinister aspect” to the killing.

This included Darren also receiving a “significant” slash across the face.

Darren was found by a passer-by later that morning, but he never recovered.

After the murder, prosecutors said McIntyre dumped a knife, changed the colour of his hair and grew a beard to try and avoid detection.

He also failed in a bid to stay with a relative in the Highlands.

He remained at large and on being told Darren had died, McIntyre stated: “That is what you get for being a grass.”

The killer ended up living with a friend – and went to admit to young girl what happened.

The child recalled: “He told me that he had stabbed somebody. He was sad, but angry at the same time.”

Dunn – who had also faced a murder charge -was described after the attack as “pure shaking”.

He also boasted he had “stabbed the f***” out of somebody.

The court was also told that DNA linked both to the crime.

Members of Darren's family sobbed and hugged each other after the verdict.

Lord Kinclaven remanded the pair in custody.

Sentencing was deferred until October 23 for reports