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War veteran gets life for racist murder of Orkney waiter

An Iraq war veteran who shot a Bangladeshi waiter dead in a racist murder 14 years ago was jailed for life today.

An Iraq war veteran who shot a Bangladeshi waiter dead in a racist murder 14 years ago was jailed for life today.

Soldier Michael Ross, 30, was just 15 when he burst into a restaurant on Orkney and shot Shamsuddin Mahmood in front of horrified diners.