Man who filmed his victim jailed for life for torture and murder

A man who filmed his victim after he brutally tortured him has been jailed for life.

Jordan Honeyman, 31, repeatedly punched, kicked and struck Alan Lawson with a sharp weapon at his home in Largs in February 2024.

Lawson, 36, was taken to hospital and died on 6 February 2024.

Honeyman was found guilty of murder following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison.

Advocate depute Chris McKenna told jurors Lawson had been subjected to a "brutal and sustained attack".

Prosecutors said Honeyman had also jumped on Lawson's head and body from a staircase and stripped him of his clothes

He applied superglue to his wounds, forced him into the shower and failed to get medical help.

Honeyman then recruited others to clean up the property, transport the victim back to his own home and dump the blood-stained items into the sea.

Lawson's mother later found her son at his home.

He was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, where he was said to have suffered at least 54 injuries.

The attack had caused a blood clot resulting in a fatal stroke.

The crime emerged after police discovered three screenshots from a video that Honeyman had filmed and sent to another man.

One showed a man lying in the foetal position, covered in blood and wearing only socks.

During the trial, Honeyman had accepted causing the death, but had denied murder.

Following the guilty verdict, the court also heard Honeyman had been previously jailed for almost three years after an attack on Lawson in 2022.

Sentencing, Lord Arthurson told Honeyman: "This crime was exceptionally callous.

"The violence was designed to cause him particular pain and were nothing less than acts of torture.

"The screenshots shown in court taken from the video in the house of you and your victim made clear that you revelled in what you had done.

"The image of you half naked and smeared in the victim's blood was resonant of a scene from sort of dystopian work of fiction."

The judge added that everyone who assisted Honeyman after the murder "should be thoroughly ashamed."

Det Ch Insp Ally Semple said: "This was a shocking and violent attack which has been devastating for the family and friends of Alan Lawson.

"Honeyman will now face the consequences of his actions.

"While no outcome can truly ease the pain of losing Alan, we hope this conviction and sentencing will bring some comfort to his loved ones.