07/07/2016 Reporting Scotland

A 32-year-old man has admitted murdering a Glasgow shopkeeper

Tanveer Ahmed drove from Bradford to Glasgow to kill Asad Shah

at his shop in the Shawlands area of the city.

Aileen Clarke was at the High Court in Glasgow.

Asad Shah, a friendly local shopkeeper, much loved by all of the

community he served in Glasgow. In person, he was chatty and that beat.

He found an outlet on social media, posting his opinions on religion and

humanity. Tanveer Ahmed became aware of these postings and believed Asad

Shah was disrespecting the Prophet Muhammad. The judge was shown CCTV

footage taken from a camera behind the counter of the shop on the night

Asad Shah was attacked. Tanveer Ahmed pulls out a knife and comes

around to Asad Shah 's side of the counter and start stabbing him

repeatedly. More CCTV footage on the road shows Asad Shah being stabbed,

punched, way beyond the point he was able to do anything to defend

himself. There was a huge public outpouring of shock and sympathy in

Glasgow in the days following the murder. He was very friendly and

every morning we shook hands and said good day, have a nice day. Just

a pleasant, lovely lad. Very sad. Everybody is very sad. I was very

upset. A vigil was quickly organised and very well attended. But that

grief all the more acute for Asad Shah 's wife and family, left

devastated, shaken and scared. It has split the family apart since the

incident. Some members of the family have left Scotland or are in the

process of leaving. When the police arrived that night, Asad Shah was

dying on the pavement. Despite the efforts of a doctor and nurse who

came across the scene. Tanveer Ahmed was praying in a bus stop, waiting

for the police, even showing them where his knife was lying. He was

motivated by his own religious beliefs but that is not an excuse to

conduct the actions that he has. beliefs but that is not an excuse to

sentiment echoed by the judge who said Tanveer Ahmed was facing a

lengthy prison sentence for this shocking crime. The shop stays

tightly shuttered. His family cannot face the prospect of running it

without him. The killer of Asad Shah

hasn't shown any remorse. The court heard that Tanveer Ahmed

set out purposefully to carry out the murder,

driving from his home in England. Andrew Kerr reports now

on what might have motivated him. His report contains comments that

you might find upsetting. The city of Bradford and West

Yorkshire, Muslims make up a quarter of the population. This was home for

Tanveer Ahmed and where he first heard about Asad Shah. He had moved

here from Pakistan in 2001 and lived with his wife and family. There was

no hint of his capacity for violence. Preceding the act of the

crime, there was a calmness but the act itself was four minutes of

extreme violence, the likes of which act itself was four minutes of

we have not seen before. This is a unique event in terms of where it

has happened and why it has happened. So why did the religious

musing of say Glasgow newsagent prompt this crime? Tanveer Ahmed has

been clear in this Court statement from April. He said Asad Shah

disrespected the mizzen will grow messenger of Islam, the Prophet

Muhammad. Tanveer Ahmed worked as a taxi driver. He set off before the

Easter weekend, his destination, Glasgow South side. After arriving

here, Tanveer Ahmed stabbed Asad Shah in the shop. The punishment for

what he saw as blasphemy. He made no attempt to escape and was detained

by police at the scene. His Volkswagen remained abandoned in the

street. Tanveer Ahmed 's hardline views to have some mainstream

support in his home country of Pakistan, which has some of the

strictest -- strictest blasphemy laws in the world. The BBC spoke to

Tanveer Ahmed 's brother in Pakistan, who did not denounce his

brother 's actions. Some viewers may find his remarks offensive.

TRANSLATION: Are Prophet is the last prophet.

Asad Shah negated that by telling lies to everyone in a very wrong

way. There was no other way to stop him until his tongue was made

silent. Asad Shah was part of a minority

sect that has faced persecution. But it was his videos posted online

that made him a target for Tanveer Ahmed. If somebody says I am God,

you do not go and kill fat person on that ground, this extreme thinking

has caused this murder. Asad Shah was confronted with extreme thinking

and extreme violence. One mad when simply not tolerate the views of

another. -- one man. Earlier tonight, I spoke

to Shaima Khalil, the BBC's I asked her to explain the specific

background to this case. To understand what inspired Tanveer

Ahmed to do what he did, we have to talk about a man called Mumtaz Qadri

in Pakistan. This is the man who has become the symbol of the kind of

violence that the issue of trust me inspires and provoke. This is a man

who killed the governor of Punjab province five years ago because he

spoke out about -- against the blasphemy law. He was imprisoned for

five years and then hanged. But to many of his borders, they still

think of him as a hero, the man who defended the religion and the

profit. It is not just Pakistan where he enjoys support. He also

profit. It is not just Pakistan enjoys supporting the UK. The

religious leader of a mosque in Glasgow expressed regret at his

execution. Tanveer Ahmed was quite inspired by him. We spoke to Mumtaz

Qadri 's brother who said that Tanveer Ahmed was in close contact

with Mumtaz Qadri when he was in jail and he sent him messages and he

even had a dream about him, saying that Mumtaz Qadri was chosen for a

sitting duty. According to Mumtaz Qadri 's brother, Tanveer Ahmed was

very much inspired by what Mumtaz Qadri did and subsequently went

ahead to Glasgow and killed Asad Shah.

Investigations are continuing into a fatal crash in Argyll

yesterday, in which two young children died.

A car skidded off the road into a loch just north of Kilmelford

It was here at Loch nan Druimnean that the tragedy occurred at around

4pm yesterday afternoon. A car skidded off the road and into the

water. A 36-year-old woman managed to free herself. She was treated in

hospital and later released but two toddlers remained trapped within the

vehicle. Eyewitnesses who were on the scene shortly afterwards said

they could see no sign of the submerged car and a full-scale

emergency operation was then launched. We just noticed a lot of

emergency vehicles going up the hill and an hour or so later on, the

helicopter turned up, did not seem and an hour or so later on, the

to stay long. And then the road was blocked. The emergency services

recover the car in the early hours of this morning but unfortunately,

the two children were dead. Local people say this stretch of road is

notoriously dangerous and there have been several accidents here in the

past. Yesterday's events have stand this village community whose

population numbers less than 200. This afternoon, police named the two

children as Seth and Leia McCorrisken. They issued a plea to

anyone who may have witnessed the events surrounding the accident to

contact them as their investigations into the crash continue.

The Scottish government says it will reconsider

the remit of its inquiry into historic child abuse.

Education Secretary, John Swinney, met with survivor

groups today in the wake of the resignation of the inquiry's

Mr Swinney also moved to reassure survivors the inquiry would be

An inspection of Aberdeen Crematorium has found some staff

believe they were "victims" of the national investigation

A visit by Inspector of Crematoria Scotland Robert

Swanson was made three days after the publication of

That inquiry, by Dame Elish Angiolini, uncovered "unethical

and abhorrent practices" at Aberdeen Crematorium.

Mr Swanson, however, said he found "good practice"

Thousands of people are heading to the T in the Park music

festival in Perthshire, where music fans are busy setting up

Last year was the first time the event was held

at Strathallan Castle, and there was traffic chaos

Organisers have introduced new measures, such as the

introduction of bus station on site, to try and avoid a repeat

Aberdeen are through to the next stage of the Europa League,

despite losing to minnows Fola Esch tonight.

In a dismal performance, the team from Luxembourg won 1-0,

but Aberdeen's first leg victory at Pittodrie means they

The Dons live to fight another day and will face Latvian side Ventspils

in the second qualifying round, with the first leg at home next

Well, it's over to Judith Ralston now with the weather outlook

Good evening. The weather seems to be changing every 12 hours. There is

rain coming our way but earlier on, we had someone the full sunshine.

That weather front now making its way in across the UK, introducing a

mix of rain pretty much everywhere. It will be a mild night across the

board. A mild start tomorrow. The temperatures we are seeing at the

moment are what we will see tomorrow morning. Residual rain affecting

many areas initially. The winds will start to freshen as we head through

the day as well. As far as the rest of the morning is concerned, the

rain will pull away into the North Sea and it will brighten up

tomorrow. A risk of catching one or two showers. Something brighter for

the West, the best of the sunshine across eastern Scotland. A few

showers for Northern Ireland. A fairly cloudy picture for the UK but

it will brighten up as well. But a bank of cloud along the south coast.

We will lose the rain. Good news for Andy Murray. It should be dry and

warm. Temperatures in Scotland, I think it will be warm. 22 Celsius

across parts of eastern Scotland, where we see the best of the

sunshine. Tomorrow evening ends on a largely dry note. It'll be fine but

then we start see the beginnings of the rain feeding into the far west.

It is this area of low pressure that will bring us our weather this

weekend. Also outbreaks of rain. Starting off Dell with outbreaks of

rain on Saturday. The rain becoming confined to the North. Becoming

drier elsewhere. It will brighten up with some sunshine. It will feel

warm. Quite humid. Our next update is during Breakfast

at 6:25 tomorrow morning. But, from everyone on the late team

here in Glasgow and around