Man who warned police about Bradley Welsh murder plot claims they failed to save his life
A man who went to police with information before the fatal shooting of T2 Trainspotting star Bradley Welsh has claimed that they failed to save his life.
Giving evidence to court on Friday, Dean White, 49, said: "I gave the police a chance to go and save a man's life which they did not do. They didn't act on the statement which I gave them.”
Bradley Welsh, 48, was fatally shot at his flat in the west end of Edinburgh on April 17 2019.
Sean Orman, 30, has pleaded not guilty to all 15 charges against him, including murder, attempted murder, firearms and drugs offences, and is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Mr White previously told the court he had seen the accused at his brother Robert's home in Duddingston Row with a man known as Peem, James Davidson, in March 2019.
The witness said the accused spoke about attacking a man and his son with a machete in the Oxgangs area for money, and it was heard Orman also claimed he was being paid £10,000 to "get" Mr Welsh with a shotgun.
"I told them everything that was going to happen and the guy got murdered," he told the High Court in Edinburgh.
"I have told police officers 'there is a gun in the house. Please go to the house now and you will get and you will get the guy'. That's the gun he killed Bradley Welsh with," said Mr White.
He said that Orman produced a shotgun from a holdall and the weapon was discharged at his brother's home and he had gone on to contact police.
Mr White said: "I told the police exactly what was going to happen. I didn't want this guy Bradley Welsh to get murdered for pounds 10,000. I think it's terrible to take someone's life for pounds 10,000."
But the witness was repeatedly questioned by defence counsel Ian Duguid QC about his recollection of events and why they did not always match with his statements given to police.
The lawyer put it to Mr White that he was "not afraid of anything in this scenario" and had made up events about a Ford Kuga's involvement in the incident to help police.
Mr Duguid said: "The reason you mentioned the Kuga is because police have apparently revealed information that there was a Kuga believed to be involved in Bradley Welsh's murder.
"I would suggest it's a fantasy, you are speaking fantastic untruths."
The witness said: "No, I'm not fantasising, I'm telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
He told the court that he had been removed from his “loving family” because of the statements he gave to police.
Mr White also said that when he gave the information about the gun being at the house police armed response officers were sent to the premises.
He said that Orman was hiding in the attic. When Mr Duguid said “that’s just a fantasy as well”, the witness replied: "No."
Mr White said: "That's what he told my brother. That's how he got away."
The trial, before judge Lord Beckett, continues.
