A BALLOCH man has told a jury that a gunman got out of a van and shot at him as he queued at an ice cream van.

Darren McCafferty, 34, from Balloch was giving evidence at the trial of Stuart McGinley. 32, from Drumchapel, and Mark Harvey, 33, from Renton.

The pair deny attempting to murder Mr McCafferty at Lynn Walk in Balloch on December 20, 2018.

At the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, Mr McCafferty told the jury that he was standing in the queue when he saw a gunman jump out of a white van, run towards him and shoot him.

Mr McCafferty said the bullet hit him just outside his front door.

The court was told that when police arrived on the scene they found Mr McCafferty bleeding and clutching his abdomen.

Prosecutor Iain McSporran QC said to Mr McCafferty: “You said to the police, 'Stuart McGinley shot me and Mark Harvey was the van driver'."

He replied: “I'm too terrified to say who shot me. That's why I said it was Stuart.

"I didn't see the driver. Mark Harvey was the only person I knew with a white van.”

The jury heard that Mr McCafferty was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow with a bullet wound to his right abdomen and had to undergo an operation.

A police search of Lynn Walk recovered a full metal jacket bullet casing in the front hallway of McCafferty's home.

When asked why he had given McGinley's name to police when asked who the gunman was, Mr McCafferty said: “I just went along with the name the police said.

"I had been arguing on Facebook with my mate Stuart the week before.”

Mr McSporran asked what the argument was about, and the witness said: “I owed him money for a bit of cannabis we had smoked. I owed him £20.”

The prosecutor then asked Mr McCafferty if he had owed a lot more than £20. He denied this.

Asked to describe the shooting, Mr McCafferty told the jury: “A guy jumped out a van parked at the bottom of the street and started chasing me, running towards me. I just caught him out of the corner of my eye.”

Mr McSporran said: “You told the police who shot you.”

Mr McCafferty replied: “No, I told the police who I had been arguing with.”

Pressed about who the mystery man was who he claims shot him, Mr McCafferty replied: “I'm not going to say for my own safety.”

In addition to being accused of attempted murder, Mr McGinley also faces charges of being concerned in the supply of cannabis and heroin, and of having a revolver in his possession.

He denies all the charges against him.

The trial, before Judge Norman McFadyen, continues.