Culpable Homicide



The Daily Record reports on a tragic case involving a father from Greenock who took the law into his own hands after his son was robbed at knifepoint by a violent, well-known criminal.

Now the man who died, Patrick Bradley, was clearly a scumbag who attacked and stabbed Derek Grant in the eye instead of handing back the property which he had stolen from his son earlier.

So there is little doubt in my mind that Derek Grant was acting in self-defence and that he was fortunate to escape with his life, albeit at a terrible cost to himself and the rest of his family.

I suspect Mr Grant will be handed a relatively lenient sentence because he did not set out to kill the violent thug who robbed his son, but it will be interesting to see what the court decides because Grant has been remanded in custody until September 1 even though, given the circumstances,  he is unlikely to be regarded as an ongoing threat to the public.


Father kills violent thug who stole his son's iPhone at knifepoint

By Grant McCabe - The Daily Record

DEREK Grant traced Patrick Bradley using an app that revealed the gadget’s location. Grant then repeatedly stabbed Bradley, who died later of cardiac arrest.


Jordan Grant - Iain McLellan/Spindrift

A FATHER killed a violent thug who robbed his son of his iPhone at ­knifepoint.

Derek Grant traced Patrick Bradley using an app that revealed the gadget’s location.

Grant confronted Bradley, who stabbed him in the eye. Grant then repeatedly stabbed Bradley, who died later of cardiac arrest.

Grant yesterday admitted culpable homicide at the High Court in Glasgow.

The tragedy began on August 30 last year when Grant’s son, politics student Jordan, 20, was robbed by Bradley in Greenock on the way home from work.

Jordan went home and told his dad, who discovered the iPhone was nearby using a Find My iPhone app.

Grant then left his home in the town’s Wellington Street with Jordan and his two younger sons Lee, 17, and 16-year-old Jamie.

They spotted Bradley, who had a significant record for violence, and Grant told him to hand back the phone.

Bradley, 29, instead lashed out and knifed Grant in the left eye.

He retaliated and repeatedly stabbed Bradley with a knife he had taken from home because he feared for his safety.

Father-of-four Grant was arrested and later said: “I wish to declare for the record that at the time of this ­incident, I was acting in self-defence.”

He had faced a murder charge but prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.

His three sons were also accused of murder but their not guilty pleas were also accepted.

Ian Duguid, defending, told the court his client only lashed out as a “reaction to the extreme violence” he faced.

The QC also said Grant, 38, had been forced to give up his job as a driver having lost the sight in his eye.

Judge Lord Boyd remanded Grant in custody and deferred sentencing until September 1.

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