MOURNERS will pay their final respects to legendary criminal defence lawyer Joe Beltrami next week.

The 83-year-old solicitor passed away on Monday.

During his 50-year law career, he represented some of the highest profile - and controversial figures - in Scottish criminal history.

Family, friends, and former colleagues of Beltrami will gather at St Aloysius Church in Garnethill and thereafter to Clydebank Crematorium on Monday morning.

Beltrami, who lived in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, leaves behind three sons and eight grandchildren.