A Fife property developer who was jailed for life for ordering the killing of his millionaire brother over a business dispute is to appeal his conviction.
Businessman Toby Siddique (38) was shot dead in Glenrothes on October 24 2010.
His brother Mo Siddique (43) was found guilty of his murder following a £1.5m investigation by Fife Constabulary.
Hitman Tencho Andonov (29) and fixer Deyan Nikolov (28) were also convicted of murder, after a trial at Edinburgh High Court.
Toby Siddique was said to have been lured to a flat in Forres Drive, Glenrothes, with the promise of cheap contraband cigarettes and alcohol, after the brothers fell out in an argument over the family business.
He was shot in the face and again as he lay on the ground.
Now, all three men are appealing their sentences.
Mo Siddique, who was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in jail before being considered for parole, is appealing both the murder conviction and his sentence.
Hitman Andonov was given a life sentence of 29 years. He is also appealing conviction and sentence.
Nikolov, who was jailed for a minimum term of 18 years, is contesting his sentence.
The trio are scheduled to appear at court together on January 29.
Their trial heard how Mo and married father-of-three Toby were partners in a company which let out hundreds of properties in Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy.
Moncrieff Properties was said to be bringing in rents totalling £25,000 a month.
But there had been feuding between the pair for years about who should control the firm. It came to a head in October 2010.
Toby was lured to a Glenrothes flat thinking he was going to buy contraband cigarettes.
Instead, Andonov pressed a pistol against Toby’s nose and fired. Former security man David Dalgleish, who lived in the flat, was shot in the head but survived.
Andonov was also convicted of his attempted murder. The 29-year-old was caught by police after attempting to flee the country without his passport.
Passing sentence, Lord Kinclaven said: “You have each been convicted by verdict of the jury of the most serious of crimes, that is the crime of murder.”
He told Siddique: “This was a premeditated brutal murder and the jury found that you were the driving force behind the killingthis was a tragedy and continues to be a tragedy for all those who knew Toby Siddique.”
It brought to an end the largest and most complex investigation in Fife Constabulary’s 62-year history.
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