{"id":404759,"date":"2025-09-07T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/404759\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:14:09","slug":"killer-who-once-claimed-he-was-a-ira-target-faces-life-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/404759\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer who once claimed he was a IRA target faces life sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 41 year-old then casually walked off &#8211; but on later being held police stated: &#8220;I hope he is dead.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The victim suffered multiple wounds, but life-saving treatment kept him alive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie this week admitted to an attempted murder charge as he appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He already had a criminal past stretching back 25 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie was just 16 when he was locked up for nine years for the culpable homicide of another teenager in the city&#8217;s Toryglen in 2000.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In 2017, he also made headlines when he failed in a bid to avoid being sent back to Ireland to face charges there.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The thug told an extradition hearing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/local-news\/edinburgh-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a> Sheriff Court that he had previously been forced to flee the country after an IRA &#8220;money man&#8221; with a gun threatened he would be killed if he did not leave within 24 hours.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie also claimed he would end up like his father William, who disappeared in 1994 and is thought to have been murdered by republican terrorists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But, he was ordered back to Ireland, where he now also has convictions for violence and robbery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie was warned by a judge he could be facing an Order for Lifelong Restriction for this latest crime. He will be back in the dock next month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The murder bid occurred at flats in Glasgow&#8217;s Kinning Park where both Brodie and Mr Green stayed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie had gone to the victim&#8217;s door around 10pm on May 12.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There was initially a chat between the men before the thug tried to force his way in.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Prosecutor Vish Kathuria then explained: &#8220;A struggle ensued &#8211; Brodie pulled Mr Green and struck him on the body with a knife, which he had brought with him.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Brodie managed to force him into a room, where he struck him again several times.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Mr Green believed that he was going to die.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Footage of the blood-soaked victim crawling out of his flat was played during the hearing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie sat in the dock with his T-shirt pulled over his head to avoid watching it. He also started hitting himself.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The court heard Mr Green cried out as he lay stricken: &#8220;Help, help, I am dying.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Others came to his aid and a 999 was made. Brodie, by this time, had left the building.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Green was rushed to hospital suffering from a series of wounds to his head, chest, arms and legs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He needed resuscitated and ended up in intensive care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Green remained in hospital for 10 days following extensive surgery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Kathuria said he has been left scarred for life and his injuries &#8220;would likely have resulted in death&#8221;, but for the medical help.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A blood-stained Brodie meantime handed himself into police shortly after the attack.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He made a number of remarks including: &#8220;Is he dead? I hope he is dead.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The knife used in the murder bid &#8211; with an eight-inch blade &#8211; was also found.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Before adjourning the case, judge Lord Scott told Brodie&#8217;s lawyer Ann Ogg: &#8220;I do wonder if a risk assessment report may be appropriate and consideration given to an Order for Lifelong Restriction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This is an appalling act of near fatal violence carried out by someone with a terrible criminal record.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Miss Ogg said Brodie wanted to apologise for what he had done.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The solicitor advocate: &#8220;You will have seen his reaction to the video &#8211; he is clearly shocked at his behaviour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He wishes me to express his thanks to the medical staff, the police and others for their assistance that they provided to Mr Green.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Had they not, the charge before the court could be very different.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brodie had his remand in custody continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 41 year-old then casually walked off &#8211; but on later being held police stated: &#8220;I hope he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-404759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115162019525926191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}