The article reports that a man accused of strangling another theatregoer during a performance of We Will Rock You had previously been a Scottish laird. It says the confrontation was allegedly triggered by the victim singing too loudly, bringing renewed attention to the defendant’s background and the seriousness of the incident.

According to the report, the man had previously been convicted in connection with hiring a hitman to murder a woman. The article presents this past case as significant context for the alleged theatre attack, although the supplied text does not provide further details of either case.