City sword killer jailed for life

The attack happened following a party at a flat in Taylor Place, Townhead

A man who murdered a father-of-one with a sword after a row at a party in Glasgow has been jailed for life.

Scott Nesbitt, 23, almost sliced Morgan Proctor's head in two during the attack at a flat in Townhead in May.

The 38-year-old window cleaner had only gone to the party because his young niece felt threatened.

At the High Court in Glasgow, judge John Morris QC ordered Nesbitt to serve at least 13-and-a-half years in jail before he can apply for parole.

The judge said he was reducing the term from 15 years to take into account Nesbitt's guilty plea.

During the trial, the court heard that Nesbitt attacked Mr Proctor in the street with a 2ft-long blade after an earlier row involving a number of men and youths at a party in a flat in Taylor Place.

Pleas accepted

The blow caused "almost complete detachment" of the jaw from his upper face.

Mr Proctor suffered a 27cm (11in) wound and died almost instantly.

Nesbitt later turned up at a friend's house having changed his clothes and said he had "chopped" a man in the street with a sword.

James Nesbitt, 24, George McKay, 23, and Christopher Milligan, 23, also faced a murder charge but their not guilty pleas were accepted.

Simone Nesbitt, 20, was accused of assaulting Mr Proctor. Her not guilty plea was also accepted.