Gangland feud gunman jailed for nine years for house shooting

A man who fired a gun at a house in Edinburgh during a gangland feud has been jailed for nine years.

Nicky Robertson fired three shots from a Glock handgun into the window of a property in Niddrie Marischal Crescent in March.

The 39-year-old previously served 10 years in prison for attempted murder.

Judge Lord Weir said the attack was “brazen and intolerable” and an extended sentence was needed to protect the public.

In December, prosecutors told the High Court in Edinburgh that a video of Robertson firing the three shots had been circulated on social media.

Police found images from the video on one of his phones, along with a picture of him holding the weapon.

Robertson admitted culpably and recklessly firing three rounds of live ammunition through a ground floor window in Niddrie Marischal Crescent on 20 March.

He also pleaded guilty to three Firearms Act offences, including illegal possession of the Glock and ammunition between 24 February and 14 April 2025 at addresses in South Queensferry.

Advocate depute John Keenan KC told the court in the early hours of 20 March a neighbour heard three loud bangs in the street and made a 999 call.

Police found three circular holes in the ground floor window and recovered three gold bullet casings on the road outside.

Robertson has previous convictions for serious assault, possession of weapons and attempted murder.

In 2007 he was jailed at the High Court for 10 years for shooting a former youth footballer in a murder bid.

Robertson discharged a sawn-off shotgun at Jamie Ewart outside the Clermiston Inn in Edinburgh and hit him on the arm.

Passing sentence, Lord Weir said that it was “a matter of significant concern” that Robertson was back in court after serving time in custody following an attempted murder conviction.

Defence counsel Mark Stewart KC told the court that the background to the shooting was a former friendship which “went wrong a number of years ago”.

He said there had been ongoing difficulties and animosity between the accused and the householder at the address.