A 17-year-old who was convicted of killing a promising young footballer was locked up for nine years.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stabbed 16-year-old Luke Wallace in the groin during a confrontation in Ballieston, on June 17, last year.
Luke suffered massive blood loss from the stab wound which cut his femoral artery, and died in hospital eight days later.
The High Court in Glasgow was told the the teenager, was a first offender, with a troubled background and had been bullied at school.
The court heard that Luke and a friend Josh McFall, 18, confronted the 17-year-old as he walked along the street hand-in-hand with a teenage girl.
Mr McFall had a piece of wood in his hand and Luke had a lump of concrete, which he threw at the 17-year-old.
The accused reacted by chasing after Luke, from Garrowhill, and stabbing him once with a knife at Glasgow Road near to Maxwell Avenue.
He then ran away and told friends: “I've just stabbed someone.”
The teenager was also convicted of having a lock back knife in his possession and attempting to defeat the ends of justice, by washing clothing he was wearing when he killed Luke. at the time of the alleged murder.
A 17-year-old admitted stabbing Luke, who played from Drumchapel Amateur Football Club, but claimed he was acting in self defence when he gave evidence.
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