Prime suspect in ex-football starlet murder probe fighting for life after Glasgow suicide bid
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window)
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
THE prime suspect in the murder of ex-footie starlet Josh Taplin is clinging to life after a suicide bid.
The man is critical in hospital after falling from the window of a flat in Glasgow's Possil area last Wednesday.
Sign up for Scottish Sun
newsletter
Sign up
6
Ex-footie starlet Josh Taplin was found dead at his home in Knightswood
Credit: Police Scotland
6
Cops have launched a manhunt following his murder
6
Forensics scoured the scene after the tragic discovery
Credit: John Kirkby
6
The prime suspect fell from the window of a flat in Glasgow's Possil area
Credit: John Kirkby
And detectives are waiting to speak to the person of interest in the case, should he recover.
We told how gas engineer Josh, 28 — a former Hamilton Accies youth star — was stabbed to death at his home in the city's Knightswood last Monday.
A 41-year-old woman was also throttled with a ligature at the time.
Tonight, Police Scotland confirmed: 'Around 10pm on May 7 we received a report that a man had fallen from the window of a building.
'Emergency services attended, and the man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
"Enquiries are ongoing.'
The force said it is following a positive line of enquiry in relation to Josh's murder.
A local source said last week: 'The killer was known to Josh.
"It's sickening. He was a thoroughly decent guy from a nice family.'
We told how Josh previously won the United Schools Cup with teammates at Chryston High, in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
Cops probe 'unexplained' death of woman in horror Scots house fire
He was also a talented boxer.
An online fundraising page set up to help his family has already reached £30,000.
Josh's girlfriend Toni Stewart, 23, also shared a picture of the couple online, and wrote: 'He was the best thing that ever happened to me.
"I'll love him till the day I die.'
6
Toni Stewart, Jodh's girlfriend, paid tribute to him on social media
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Record
an hour ago
- Daily Record
Premises hit with two fire attacks in 24 hours as cops appeal for info on SUV
Cops are probing two fires within 24 hours at the same premises in Larkhall. Detectives are appealing for information after two deliberate blazes at the same Larkhall property just 24 hours apart. The first fire broke out at around 11.30pm on Sunday, June 1, at a premises on Union Street. A second incident occurred at the same location the following night around 11.40pm. Police believe the incidents are linked and have launched an investigation. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. "We're particularly keen to trace a dark-coloured SUV-style vehicle spotted in the area around the time of the second fire." Anyone with information is urged to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0855 of June 2, 2025. You can also report anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Scottish Sun
an hour ago
- Scottish Sun
I watched ISIS burn my pilot brother alive in a cage – I begged the air force to bomb jail so he'd be spared cruel death
His mother was hospitalised after hearing of her son's cruel killing and his sister was diagnosed with diabetes LEFT TO DIE I watched ISIS burn my pilot brother alive in a cage – I begged the air force to bomb jail so he'd be spared cruel death Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE brother of a pilot who was burned alive in Syria by ISIS said he begged air forces to bomb the jail where he was being held to spare him a cruel death. Speaking at the Stockholm district court on Wednesday, Jawdat al-Kassasbeh recounted the turmoil he and his family have endured since his brother Maaz al-Kassasbeh was savagely killed. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 6 Muath Al-Kasasbeh, 26, pictured trapped inside the cage in the horrific ISIS execution video 6 The gruesome 2015 footage showed him being set alight 6 Militants with the captured pilot Credit: AP:Associated Press The Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot was shot down in Raqqa, Syria, in December 2014. A few weeks later, ISIS released a video of al-Kasasbeh being burned alive in a cage. Osama Krayem, a 32-year-old Swede already serving long prison sentences for his role in the Paris and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016, is on trial in Stockholm for his role in the pilot's killing. The slain pilot's brother told the court of the physical and psychological trauma he and his family have suffered since his sibling's death. He said he learned of his capture through a relative who worked at Jordan's foreign ministry and immediately headed to the air force headquarters. He said: "There, I see that the head of the air force and the operations teams are having a meeting on the subject... There were large screens showing images of Syria. He told me: 'I think he's in this house', "Psychologically, I was not doing well at that moment. So I told the head of the air force that ... I thought (IS fighters) would kill him in a horrible way. "I asked if it would be possible to bomb the house so he could be spared an atrocious death," he added. Jawdat later found out about his brother's death on TV. He said: "It was a shock. I watched the whole video but in bits. I couldn't watch the entire video until 2021." He added that the cruel nature in which his brother was killed took a massive toll on the whole family, in particular his mother who had to be hospitalised. I fought ISIS in Syria & I know bloodthirsty thugs are plotting comeback after fall of Assad - Europe must be ready, says Brit fighter Jawdat also puts his sister's diabetes down to his brother's torturous death, as well as his dad's hypertension and poor mental health. The court hearing comes as another ISIS leader believed to have also been involved in burning the Jordanian pilot to death was captured. Syrian national Saddam al-Jamal was captured in Iraq after being lured from Syria by intelligence officers using the phone of Ismail al-Ethawi, an ISIS lieutenant captured in February. Tipped as a future leader of the terrorist organisation, al-Jamal was known for his brutality. Jordanian authorities accused him of also being behind the brutal execution of downed pilot. A former commander in the Free Syrian Army which fought against President Bashar al-Assad's forces, al-Jamal had also taken part in multiple atrocities including a 2014 massacre in Deir Ezzor, Syria, in which 700 members of a tribe opposed to ISIS were killed. He also ordered the execution of children, sometimes in front of their parents. Al-Ethawi, who was captured in February, was a top aide to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Intelligence officers used his account on Telegram, a social media app favoured by terror organisations because it encrypts messages, to lure the other four high-ranking leaders out of Syria. The five of them were on a group chat together. Iraqi security adviser Hisham al Hashemi told The Telegraph that Iraqi troops were surprised to see the four senior senior jihadists travel on motorcycles, having expecting them to arrive in a motorcade. Al-Hashemi also said that American troops also took part in the operation. ISIS field commanders Mohamed al-Qadeer, Issam Abdel Kader al-Zawba'i and Omar Shehab El-Karboul were also captured in the sting, which has been praised by Donald Trump. 'Five Most Wanted leaders of ISIS just captured,' the US president posted on Twitter last week. 6 Jordanian pilot executed by ISIS 6 Saddam al-Jamal pictured in images broadcast on Iraqi TV
BBC News
3 hours ago
- BBC News
Police Scotland officers sent to Ballymena after aid plea
Police Scotland has agreed to send officers to Northern Ireland after two nights of disorder in Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) asked for extra support under mutual aid arrangements following violent scenes in the County Antrim deployment will involve an undisclosed number of public order officers who are trained to police civil unrest.A total of 32 PSNI officers have been injured since the protests over an alleged sexual assault began on Monday night. The force's assistant chief constable, Ryan Henderson, said they would be "surging a significant number of extra officers" into affected described the violence as "racist thuggery targeted at ethnic minorities and police officers". Police Scotland previously sent 120 officers to Belfast last summer after a number of PSNI officers were injured during several nights of rioting and disorder in the wake of attacks on children in Southport, force confirmed the deployment, but declined to comment aid agreements are uncommon and are generally "incident based," according to the National Police Chiefs' Henderson said: "As part of my forward planning I have now activated the request for mutual aid resources from policing colleagues in Great Britain to ensure we have the necessary support to maintain public order and bring offenders to justice in the days to come." Protesters in Ballymena have targeted officers with petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks during disorder on Monday and first protest was organised hours after two teenage boys appeared before Coleraine Magistrates' Court .They spoke through an interpreter in Romanian to confirm their names and ages. Their solicitor said they would be denying the PSNI said there have also been sporadic incidents of disorder in Carrickfergus, north Belfast and Newtownabbey, where one man was far, one man, aged 29, has been charged with riotous behaviour, disorderly behaviour, attempted criminal damage and resisting police after Monday's violence.
