STEAK KNIFE MURDERER GETS 18 YRS

Thug was armed with two blades when he targeted group of pals

- CONNOR GORDON

A MURDERER who stabbed a man to death and got rid of his clothes in a river was given a life sentence.

Kevin Geoghegan, 46, pounced on Peter Kirkwood, 24, in Lanark, on July 16, 2022.

Geoghegan had earlier barged into Kirkwood and his group of friends as they left a nearby pub.

The attacker who was armed with two knives - went on to grab a traffic cone and goaded the group.

Geoghegan then struck Peter's body and arm at least seven times, with the fatal blow entering his upper chest.

He fled the scene, cleaned himself up, changed his clothing and dumped them in the River Clyde.

Geoghegan was found guilty of murder at the High Court in Glasgow. He was also convicted of assaulting Peter's friend Erdzhan Mamedov to his injury.