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A teenager has admitted killing a takeaway delivery driver in Edinburgh.

John Reid, 16, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide following the attack on Simon San, 40, in Lochend Road on 11 August, who died the following day.

Mr San suffered severe head injuries outside his family's takeaway, Yong Hua Garden.

Reid, from Edinburgh, is due to be sentenced later. Three other youths are also to appear later in connection with lesser charges surrounding the assault.

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He was a hard working, loyal, young man, who never caused anyone any harm”

Aamer Anwar
Family lawyer
Relatives of the takeaway delivery driver earlier said Mr San was a "shy" man who shunned violence.

Solicitor advocate Jim Stephenson, defending Reid, said: "His guilty plea shows that he has accepted his responsibility. He has had difficulty coming to terms with what happened and never intended for Mr San to die.

"He will have to live with the consequences for the rest of his life.

"He wanted to be accepted by the group that was out that night.

"He maintains there has never been any racial element to his crime.

"He appears to have been encouraged by the group."


The attack on Mr San was said to have been completely unprovoked
Outside the court the San family's lawyer Aamer Anwar, said: "The San family will never stop grieving the loss of their much loved innocent son and brother.

"He came to this country with his family as a young boy aged 12.

"He was a hard working, loyal, young man, who never caused anyone any harm.

"The family have many questions and concerns and will meet with Lothian and Borders police next week."

A Lothian and Borders Police spokeswoman said: "We acknowledge the guilty plea that was tendered on Wednesday, which is the result of an intensive investigation.

"From the outset, it was a priority to identify whoever was responsible for this violent unprovoked attack, and as a result John Reid was identified and charged in connection with Mr San's death.

"However, our thoughts are with Mr San's family first and foremost as we know this will never compensate for the death of their loved one."

Mr San, who was of Vietnamese origin, was found by a barmaid from the nearby Loch Inn pub.

He was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he died.

The case was heard at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Reid will be sentenced at the High court in Greenock on 16 October.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11389012?

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A TEENAGE thug was last night facing a lengthy prison sentence for killing a takeaway delivery driver with a single punch.
John Reid, 16, attacked Simon San outside the victim’s family business in Edinburgh.

Reid was part of a feral mob who began rocking 40-year-old Mr San’s car while he was in it.
The fatal assault in August was picked up on the victim’s mobile phone as he pleaded for help during a call to the police.

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Witnesses who came out of a nearby pub saw a group of youths force Mr San back towards a wall.
Then Reid came forward and punched him once, in the face, as Mr San was still on the phone. Mr San fell back and struck his head on the pavement.

At the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday Reid admitted culpable homicide. As advocate depute Alex Prentice QC described the attack and how police received frequent reports of trouble in the area, judge Lord Matthews commented: “Unacceptable feral activity.”

Mr San, who was born in Vietnam of Chinese origin, had obtained British citizenship after the family moved to Edinburgh when he was 12. For two years he had been delivering meals for his sister, who ran the Yong Hua Gardens Takeaway.

Mr Prentice said that on the evening of August 11 plain-clothes detectives were patrolling the area because of reports of anti-social behaviour. They noted a group hanging round outside the Loch Inn pub next to the restaurant.
At about 10pm Mr San had returned from making a delivery. Mr Prentice said: “His Smart Car was surrounded by the accused Reid and others. They started rocking it with the deceased still in it.”

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/201252/-Feral-teen-faces-jail-for-killing-takeaway-driver?



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