A man from Kilwinning has been convicted of the murder of a 42-year-old man who was shot in Ardrossan last year.

James Ferguson, 43, was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday 25 October 2021 after the fatal shooting in May 2020.

He has been jailed for 22 years.

Paul Cairns was found seriously injured at a house in Nithsdale Road in the town at around 4.50pm on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Emergency services attended and he died at the scene a short time later.

Detective Chief Inspector John Stewart, of Police Scotland’s Specialist Crime Division, said: “Our thoughts a very much with Paul’s family and friends who at last have justice for what happened to him.

“This was a complex inquiry and Ferguson went to great lengths to cover his tracks and conceal his identity.

"This was a deliberate and callous attack on a man who should have been safe in his own home, who was known to his killer and was indeed his friend.”