Drug fines for gun victim parents

The couple admitted to dealing cannabis from their home

The parents of gun victim Andrew Morton have been fined more than £1,000 for dealing cannabis from their home.

Sharon McMillan and Andy Morton were caught after a police raid just months before their two year-old son was fatally injured by an airgun pellet.

Last month at Glasgow Sheriff Court, the pair admitted supplying cannabis between July and October 2004.

Sheriff Andrew Normand fined McMillan, 31, £640 and Morton, 35, £400 when they reappeared for sentencing on Monday.

The court heard how police searched the couple's home in the city's Cambusdoon Road, Craigend, on 12 October, following a tip-off.

Heavy user

They found several pieces of cannabis wrapped in foil. McMillan said it was "hash" and that it belonged to her.

She admitted that the dealing had been going on for the last three months.

She then confessed to supplying the drug to another woman.

Andrew Morton was shot by Mark Bonini near his home

Morton admitted being involved in the dealing.

McMillan said she had been a "heavy" cannabis user at the time, which had become known within the neighbourhood so people would regularly approach her in an effort to buy the drug.

McMillan said the dealing was done to fund the purchase of more cannabis, but that she now "regretted" what had happened.

The couple also faced charges of possessing cannabis and speed on the day of the raid.

But following discussions between their lawyers and prosecutors, not guilty pleas were accepted to those charges.

Addressing problem

The court heard that the couple had both taken steps to address their cannabis use.

McMillan's lawyer said her client now wished for "anonymity" in her life.

The couple's appearance in the dock comes less than a year after their young son Andrew died.

He was shot by Mark Bonini just yards from his home last March.

Bonini was later convicted of his murder and was jailed for life at the High Court in Glasgow.