A major crime gang member has lost a bid to overturn a murder conviction by challenging key evidence of a paid police supergrass.
Christopher Hughes was found guilty of the murder of Dutch crime writer Martin Kok outside a sex club in the Netherlands.
The 34-year-old, from Glasgow, was jailed for life last year and ordered to serve at least 25 years.
Hughes was a lynchpin of a Scottish crime clan involved in drugs, guns and encrypted phones. He lured Kok to his death before he was shot eight times by a gunman at Laren on December 8 in 2016.
Hughes denied murder but was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
He challenged his conviction at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, claiming that the trial judge had failed to adequately direct the jury in reference to prior statements made by a police informer who gave evidence crucial to the Crown case against him.
The supergrass worked for the crime group but was recruited by the police in 2016 and received payments from the force.
Lady Scott told jurors at Hughes’ trial that if they did not find the witness credible and reliable then they must acquit Hughes.
The appeal court judges refused the appeal.
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