A woman, her younger brother and a friend have been jailed for life for murdering her ex-boyfriend.

Ashleigh Wallace, 27, her sibling Shaun, 19, and Patrick Herbert, 37, took 49-year-old Stephen Grant's life in July 2018.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how the trio killed Stephen at a flat in the city's Magdalene Drive.

They stabbed Stephen ten times, inflicting wounds on his head, body and legs before repeatedly striking him with "objects" which remain unknown to police.

Neighbours heard Ashleigh shout 'kill him, kill him, kill him" during the attack.

Herbert and Shaun Wallace removed Mr Grant's body from the flat and then dumped him outside on a back garden for him to die.

Herbert then obtained his victim's mobile phone and used it to take a series of selfie photographs of himself. He then went to sell Valium to drug users in Edinburgh city centre.

However, the trio were later arrested after police found DNA evidence which linked them to the crime scene.

On Thursday, judge Lady Carmichael told the trio they'd have to spend at least 18 years in custody before becoming eligible for parole.

She said: "In the days leading up to his death, Mr Grant expressed fear for his own safety.

"All three of you were there when he arrived at the flat shortly after 6pm on July 8. Within 20 minutes of arriving, he had received fatal injuries which had been inflicted on him at your hands.

"It is clear that this was a very violent attack on him - in the course of this attack, one of ten stab wounds penetrated his heart and another one penetrated his liver."