A teenage killer was jailed for life today (wed) after stabbing a 14-year-old schoolboy in the heart at a city railway station in a brutal murder .
Haig, who was aged 16 when he committed the murder, was ordered to serve at least 16 years in prison before he becomes eligible to seek release on licence.
The judge said the victim and those with him were from a different area of Glasgow than Haig and added it was"deeply disturbing" to see gang activity still happening. He told the court he got a knife from his rucksack and slipped it into his waistband. His friend urged him"not to do anything stupid". During the trial Haig said that he had the blade for"protection" and claimed that he was attacked a day earlier. He feared that Justin and the others had followed him. He maintained that he planned to use the weapon to chase them off, but admitted stabbing the schoolboy, but only to cause a"minor injury".Advocate depute Steven Borthwick KC put to Haig that after the fight stopped he was under no threat, but retrieved the knife from the tracks and chased after the other group.
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