A man has been convicted of murdering a father-of-one in a busy street in broad daylight.

Liam Strang, 21, stabbed Stephen McGinlay in the neck with a knife or piece of glass in St George's Road, Glasgow, on October 2 last year. The murder weapon has never been found.

His co-accused Brian Gallacher, 18, was convicted of the culpable homicide of Mr McGinlay.

Both men were also found guilty of assaulting Ryan Mason by pursuing him and hitting him on the head with a bottle.

Strang, who is facing life imprisonment, and Gallacher will be sentenced next month at the High Court in Livingston.

As he was led away to the cells Strang shouted to friends and family in the public gallery: “Some you win and some you lose.”

Throughout their trial at the High Court in Glasgow both men denied killing Mr McGinlay, who was kept alive on a life support machine for three days after the attack.

Advocate depute Alex Prentice QC handed judge John Morris QC victim impact statements from Mr McGinlay's family.

Mr Prentice added: “Mr McGinlay had a daughter and it is her first birthday today.

“The family was reluctant to have the life support machine switched off, such was their sense of devastation.”

Mr McGinlay, 26, was stabbed in the neck as he walked along St George's Road, Glasgow. Despite being fatally injured he managed to stagger into a nearby chip shop for help.

The wound to his neck cut two major blood vessels, causing massive loss of blood.

The cause of death was his brain being starved of oxygen.

During a trial at the High Court in Glasgow no motive emerged for the killing and the murder weapon was never recovered.

However part of the attack was seen on CCTV footage. The jury was shown a car stopping and Strang and Gallacher getting out the car and putting their hoods up.

After the killing they got back in the car and were driven off.

Mr McGinlay's friend Mr Mason was on the verge of tears giving evidence in court as he watched CCTV footage of the young father collapsing in a chip shop shortly after being attacked.

The 20-year-old recalled how he was with Mr McGinlay and two other friends when they were ambushed.

Mr Mason was initially hit on the back of head with a bottle, leaving him dazed in the street.

Asked whether he rememebered what happened to his friend, he told the jury: “My reaction to getting struck was just to get away - I did not know what was happening.”

He added: “By the time I came back around, Stephen was lying in the chip shop, full of blood.”

Footage shown in court showed the wounded victim stagger into Prego’s takeaway before eventually slumping at the doorway.

The trial was told Strang and Gallacher were arrested as part of the Operation Harrosh investigation into the killing.

A Facebook photo of the pair together was later traced by detectives. It showed Gallacher wearing the same distinctive top worn on the day of the murder.

Mr Prentice said: “ Members of the public were going about their business in St George's Road, going to church, coming back from the gym, ordinary events on a typical Glasgow street. In the midst of that a brutal murder was committed by Liam Strang, and Brian Gallacher.”

Mr Mason was struck on the head with a bottle by Gallacher and then Mr McGinlay was stabbed by Strang.

The Crown said that although it was Strang who struck the fatal blow, Gallacher was guilty on an art and part basis.

Defence counsel Neil Murray QC for Strang and John Scott QC for Gallacher will give their pleas in mitigation next month.