Getaway driver jailed for three years after gangland machete attack

A man who admitted driving the getaway car in a gangland machete attack has been jailed for three years and eight months. Joshua Stewart, 21 from Bannockburn was part of a group that targeted David McMillan on Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh as part of an ongoing feud. McMillan, an associate of drug dealer Mark Richardson, was treated for cuts to his head and a fractured skull after the attack last May Jailing Stewart the High Court in Glasgow, Judge Lady Drummond said the attack was "planned, serious and violent". The court heard that McMillan survived the hit, in part due to a security guard at his home stepping in to help. Prosecutor Samantha Brown told how Stewart took several accomplices in a Land Rover Discovery to the home of McMillan on May 22, 2025. All of those in the car - other than the driver - were wearing balaclavas. The Land Rover was seen driving past, turning around before stopping outside McMillan's family home. Three people got out of the vehicle with machetes while Stewart remained inside the car. Footage shown at the hearing showed the confrontation before McMillan was repeatedly hit with the weapons. The attackers then returned to the vehicle and drove away. The

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