Teenager Sentenced for Fatal Knife Attack
A 17-year-old teenager has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years for murdering a man with a hunting knife while on bail for a previous slashing incident.
The youth chased and fatally stabbed John McNab, aged 22, in an unprovoked attack that took place on Great Junction Street in Leith on 2 September last year.
This fatal stabbing occurred four months after the teenager had been released on bail following charges related to a knife attack on a 16-year-old boy at Portobello Beach.
The teenager, whose identity is protected due to his age, had previously pleaded guilty to both the fatal stabbing and the earlier knife attack.
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