Teen jailed for 9 years for Baillieston knife attack that left 16-year footballer dead
Luke Wallace's mum Angela has been speaking exclusively to Clyde News
Last updated 18th Aug 2017
A 17-year-old has been sentenced to 9 years in prison after he was convicted of killing a promising young footballer by stabbing him in the groin on the 17th June 2016 in Baillieston.
16-year old Luke Wallace died 8 days after the attack from organ failure caused by massive blood loss.
The teen, who can't be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of culpable homicide last month after his claims of self-defence were thrown out.
Luke's mum Angela Wallace has been telling her story exclusively to Clyde News.
Angela told the High Court in Glasgow she text her son 15 minutes before the attack telling him to be safe.
She also told the court Luke would never carry a knife.
The court heard Luke and his 18-year old friend Josh McFall confronted the 17-year-old as he walked along the street with a teenage girl.
The 18-year old had a piece of wood in his hand and Luke, a lump of concrete, which he threw at the 17-year-old.
The accused then chased Luke from Garrowhill, and stabbed him once with a knife in the groin at Glasgow Road, near Maxwell Avenue.
He was also convicted of having a lock-back knife and attempting to defeat the ends of justice, by washing the clothes he was wearing when he killed Luke.
He had claimed self-defence but jurors heard when police asked him about this he was abusive to them.
He also claimed he had only 'poked' Luke with a knife, which he had found, in a bid to get away.
Crown case prosecutor Jane Farquharson said the case illustrates the dangers of carrying knives and that it was in the public interest that those who use and carry should pay for their actions.
She went on to say that the accused's self defence claim was 'nothing more than a convenient smokescreen behind which he seeks to hide.'
In a highly unusual move the accused tried unsuccessfully to have Luke's family and friends and other members of the public excluded from the court when he gave evidence.
This demand was refused by Lord Woolman.