A MAN brutally killed a father-of five by smashing him 100 times on the head with a hammer and cutting his throat 16 times with a knife.

Muhammed Rauf, 42, was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of murdering 49-year-old security guard Haider Hayat at a flat in Raithburn Road, Castlemilk, on April 3, 2018.

The jury heard a sickening recording of the brutal killing which lasted for at least five minutes.

The plan to kill was hatched by him, his wife Shahida Abid, 33, and her best friend Saima Hayat, 34, who was married to Haider.

Abid and Hayat were also convicted of murder today and of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

The jury saw CCTV footage from inside the flat shortly before the murder which showed Abid making a cut-throat gesture and Hayat making a stabbing motion to both eyes and then to her stomach.

Prosecutor Richard Goddard QC said: “This clearly showed what they were planning.”

He added: "Rauf and his wife Abid are both failed asylum seekers.”

Judge Lady Rae told the accused, all first offenders: “It is difficult to find the words. This was clearly a premeditated and planned killing of an innocent man. You attempted to blacken his character.

“This was a brutal and merciless attack and you are all guilty because you were involved in the planning of it. I certainly have detected no remorse from any of you.”

All three are facing life sentences and the case was deferred until next month for background reports.

Lady Rae will determine then how long they should spend behind bars before being eligible for parole.