We have black & white proof police have blood on their hands

Family of slain boxer demand probe after cops admit mistakes

- ALAN MCEWEN

BLUNDERING FORCE FAILED TO WARN VICTIM AFTER TIP-OFF

THE brother of murdered T2 Trainspotting star Bradley Welsh has demanded a criminal probe after Police Scotland admitted gross failures over his killing.

Bradley was shot dead outside his Edinburgh home in a £10,000 contract hit after bungling officers failed to warn him he was being targeted.

It emerged during the trial of gunman Sean Orman that a witness told police three times about a gangland plot to murder the ex-boxing champ.

Bradley’s brother, Sean Welsh, demanded answers over why officers sat on the information instead of issuing a Threat To Life (TTL) warning – known as an Osman.

Now the force has upheld Sean’s complaint following an inquiry by its Professional Standards unit and offered “sincerest apologies”.

They admitted several unnamed high-ranking officers were aware of the threat but it was deemed “not real or credible”.

The Welsh family are pushing for the Crown Office to bring criminal charges against Police Scotland and officers involved following the damning verdict.

And they plan to mount a civil legal action to help expose the full facts of the shocking case.

Sean, 55, told the Record: “I said before the police had blood on their hands. We now have black and white proof that it’s true. The bad apples need to be rooted out.”

Bradley was blasted at a close range with a shotgun outside his Edinburgh New Town flat on April 17, 2019. He was 49.

Orman’s trial heard how witness Dean White twice called police on March 18, 2019, to tell them about an underworld scheme to kill Bradley.