Skye murder accused said ‘total darkness’ came over him

Mr MacDonald said he started thinking about who had brought him to this point.

He said he thought of John MacKenzie, an osteopath he blamed for injuring him.

Also, his brother-in-law Mr MacKinnon who he accused of bullying and attacking him.

Mr MacDonald went to Mr MacKinnon’s home in Tenague, Skye, the court heard.

In the recording, he said: “I went to his house and just confronted him and said he had always bullied me and been horrible to me.

“He looked at me really aggressively and started coming towards me. Without even thinking the gun went off.”

When asked did he pull the trigger Mr MacDonald responded “I must have.”

The court heard he then to the home of John and Fay MacKenzie in Dornie, Wester Ross.

He said: “I just wanted to basically know what he had done to me.”

Mr MacDonald told police he had not gone with the intention of harming people.

He said he fired two shots through a window before going into the house to confront Mr MacKenzie.

Asked what he thought about police shouts to drop his weapon he replied: “I’d lost my mind and anything sensible had gone out of my head.”

He said the gun went off during a struggle.

Asked why it went off: “I pulled the trigger, I think. I felt like I was defending myself.”

A detective asked him: “You were enraged with him so you shot him?”

Mr MacDonald said he had not meant to.

Later in the interview he said: “If I could turn back the clock and not do any of it, I would.

“I’m so sorry.”

The trial continues.