Finlay MacDonald, 41, denies murder and attempted murder at the High Court in Edinburgh.

A man accused of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill three other people told a friend he would “sort out” his osteopath just months before allegedly shooting him, a court has heard.

The High Court in Edinburgh was also told on Wednesday that weeks before the alleged incident, Finlay MacDonald showed a friend a video on YouTube featuring model human heads being shot with a shotgun.

MacDonald, 41, is on trial accused of murdering his brother-in-law John MacKinnon and the attempted murder of three other people including his wife on August 10, 2022.

It is alleged he repeatedly discharged a shotgun at Mr MacKinnon and murdered him in the village of Teangue on Skye.

He is accused of firing a shotgun at married couple Fay and John Donald MacKenzie and attempting to murder them in the village of Dornie, Wester Ross.

He is also accused of attempting to murder his wife, Rowena, by repeatedly stabbing........

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