Armed cops in torture murder swoop

Police raid property in search for killer who boasted of his sick crime

ARMED police descended on a street yesterday in the hunt for a killer who brutally tortured his victim.

Alan Lawson, 36, died in hospital two days after he was discovered seriously injured at his home in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, earlier this month.

He is understood to have been held hostage and tortured at a property in Largs before being dumped back at his home.

His attacker, who later confessed to the sickening crime on social media app Snapchat, has now been on the run for more than a week.

Police swooped on Canal Street, one of the main roads connecting Stevenston to Saltcoats, yesterday afternoon. Nearby Canal View and Canal Crescent were also closed off by response teams.

Dramatic images from the scene showed armed officers surrounding a property before gaining access.