ROYAL NAVY WORKER JAILED FOR KILLING MAN WITH ONE PUNCH AFTER LOSING £1,000 [PHOTOS]

Single punch killer Kallum Delaney

A young man who killed a stranger with a single punch moments after losing £1,000 at a casino has been jailed for five years.

Royal Navy worker Kallum Delaney attacked Robin Thomson after storming out of the Riverboat Casino in Glasgow at 5am on September 23 last year.

Mr Thomson, 27 and originally from Perth, hit his head following the blow and later died in hospital.

Delaney, who was based at HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, Dunbartonshire, claimed he thought Mr Thomson was going to hit him.

But following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, a jury rejected Delaney's self defence claim and convicted him of culpable homicide.

Judge Lord Glennie ordered the 20-year-old to be imprisoned for five years today at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Describing the case as a tragedy, Lord Glennie said that there was no sentence available to him which could bring comfort to Mr Thomson's family.

Robin Thomson died after falling and hitting his head following a single blow

"This has been a difficult case," he said. "It is a tragedy. You have been convicted of the culpable homicide of Robin Thomson, a total stranger to you who was simply making his way home following a night out.

"It was your punch that killed him. It was a completely unjustified attack."

Advertise here