Overview
- Grant Hunter, 34, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to murdering Marc Webley and to the attempted murder of Stewart Pearson.
- CCTV shown in court captured Hunter arriving in a stolen Hyundai outside the Anchor Inn, pulling down a balaclava, firing multiple shots and hitting Webley in the back as he ran.
- Emma McVie, 27, admitted cleaning the getaway car and clothing, and Gary Robertson, 22, admitted disposing of the handgun and supplying cash, cocaine and fresh clothes.
- Judge Lord Mulholland called Hunter a “paid assassin” and remanded all three in custody, with sentencing listed for December 17 at the High Court in Glasgow.
- Prosecutors detailed post‑attack payments to Hunter and confirmed the gun has not been recovered as inquiries continue into who commissioned the hit.