McCuish along with crime gang boss David Nisbet – both aged 34 – will be sentenced next month.
McCuish is no stranger to the dock having been in bother in the past.
The then 23 year-old made headlines in 2014 for posting racist comments online about ex-Rangers players Sone Aluko and El-Hadji Diouf.
He remarked “black monkey b*****d” about Aluko.
The jibe referring to Diouf stated: “Are you still playing you vile little f****** monkey”.
Police received complaints about the messages on the former Twitter platform and McCuish’s home was raided.
He later pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to posting “abusive and threatening” comments as well as a number of drugs charges.
The then Sheriff Andrew Cubie locked him up for 12 months.
He said McCuish was part of a “small and dwindling group” that want to “cherish tis kind of hatred”.
The High Court in Glasgow meantime heard last week how McCuish was a trusted lieutenant to Nisbet, who had been angered by a man he claimed was “a grass”.
Plans were made to execute the target, who cannot be identified, but has known underworld links.
McCuish’s role to was to organise a flat in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, for a hitman to stay.
But, the plan was halted after a potential gun-for-hire pulled out at the last minute.
McCuish and Nisbet were each found guilty of conspiracy to murder and will be sentenced in Edinburgh next month.
