Ryan McCabe, 49, has been ordered to serve a minimum of 17 years in jail for killing Liam Maloney, 30, last year.

A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh told McCabe that his victim's three sons and wider family had suffered a "devastating loss".

Lord Scott said: "His mother has explained why she feels unable to go out alone anymore.

"His father has described still seeing Liam Maloney in the back of his car as he drove him to hospital in a sadly unsuccessful attempt to save his life.

"His sister now suffers panic attacks and struggles to sleep.

"It is clear that there has been a significant and lasting impact on Mr Maloney's family."

The street attack happened in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh on 5 May 2022.

The court heard Mr Maloney was stabbed twice in the neck, severing a jugular vein, and died in hospital from a blood clot following emergency surgery.

The judge said that during McCabe's earlier trial, he appeared to have sought to discredit Mr Maloney's character in a bid to excuse his own behaviour.

The court heard there had been an altercation between the two men, and Mr Maloney had an axe which he swung at McCabe and struck him on the arm.

Mr Maloney was then stabbed.

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The court heard that prior to the attack, the victim had reportedly talked about doing something to one of McCabe's daughters, which made him angry.

McCabe accepted that he had gone out armed with the blade but claimed it was a "massive, massive regret".

He maintained it was intended as a "deterrent" and he had no intention to use it.

McCabe had denied murdering Mr Maloney but was found guilty by a jury following a trial last month. He was sentenced on Monday.

Lord Scott said: "CCTV footage showed you striding quickly towards Mr Maloney as you pulled out a large knife in a manner inconsistent with your claim that you merely reacted to what he did."

The judge noted McCabe's health problems, mental health issues, and the trauma he reportedly suffered as a child.

But he added: "However, you are now a man of 49 and entirely responsible for your own behaviour and the perplexing decisions you have made to become involved in serious and now fatal offending when already well into your 40s."

The court heard that McCabe was previously convicted of a serious attack with a weapon in 2020.

Lord Scott said: "That conviction certainly aggravates the gravity of your situation today.

"That case offered you a warning about your reaction to apparent or perceived threats to members of your family. It is a warning you failed to heed."