Marmion accused denies shooting

Two men were shot in the incident at the Marmion pub

A man on trial for a double shooting at an Edinburgh pub told police he did not pull the trigger.

In a video shown to the court, Richard Cosgrove said he was forced at gunpoint to accompany Jamie Bain to the pub where Alexander McKinnon was shot dead.

The High Court in Edinburgh was shown detectives interviewing Mr Cosgrove who told them: "I was scared for my life."

Mr Cosgrove, 21, Mr Bain, 22, and Bernard Young, 19, all deny the murder of 32-year-old Mr McKinnon in April.

Badly wounded

They further deny discharging a sawn-off shotgun at James Hendry, 27, and attempting to murder him.

During a long question-and-answer session with police, Mr Cosgrove, of Gilmerton Dykes Avenue, Edinburgh, said he did not know why Mr McKinnon and Mr Hendry had been selected as victims.

However, he said it might have been related to an earlier fight between Mr Bain and his on-off girlfriend Dionne Hendry, 24, who is related to the badly wounded man.

Mr Cosgrove said he had been at a flat in the Gracemount area of Edinburgh on 22 April when Mr Bain arrived and took him to the Marmion pub.

Mr Bain had given him a black hooded top and a mask, which Mr Cosgrove put on.

Former boxer Alex McKinnon died after the shooting

Mr Cosgrove told Det Con Raymond Brown he was panicking.

"I was scared for my life like any normal person would be," he said.

Mr Cosgrove claimed he was behind Mr Bain and did not get through the pub doors before hearing "banging and commotion".

He said he ran from the pub and only heard that a man had died the following morning.

He told detectives: "I got dragged into something, ken what I mean. I dinnae ken why it has happened."

Mr Cosgrove has lodged a special defence claiming that any involvement in the pub incident was only because he was acting under duress and in fear of Mr Bain.

Young, in a special defence, claims he has an alibi.

The trial before Lord Uist continues.