Gangland Glasgow: True Crime from the Streets

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Lyons, 42, refused to go to court to give evidence and wrote to prosecutors to say Allen had nothing to do with the attack on February 21, 2021. The six day trial heard how Mr Black allowed Allan into his home and the two had been drinking together, while Allan had also taken up to 30 Librium tablets and smoked heroin. These activities were part of Police Scotland’s ongoing intelligence initiative, dubbed Operation Escalade, which aims to dismantle high-ranking organized crime groups across the nation. Medics discovered his throat had been cut through to the spine and a knife was left embedded just below his left eye socket. Ryan Ferguson is now serving a prison sentence as a result of an extensive police operation, with oversight from COPFS, to investigate a network of drug supply.

She contacted the police when she realised they had slashed the tyres of a vehicle parked outside and ripped the CCTV system from the wall to remove evidence of their visit. Sheriff Alistair Carmichael told Notman that the serious and repeated nature of the offence meant there was no alternative to a custodial sentence. He was just a teenager when he killed Mr Black at the victim's home in Carluke, Lanarkshire, in January 2008. Few noticed a young man in a grey hoodie and jeans walking into the Brewers Fayre owned bar around 5pm.In these blasted terrains, the big and hard men offered leadership and a sense of purpose in the absence of anything similar being offered by governments. A source claims Lyons even wrote a letter to prosecutors, telling them he would not cooperate - and that Allen was not the man responsible. Kenny Donnelly, Deputy Crown Agent, Specialist Casework, said: “I hope that these convictions and the sentence send a strong message to others involved in this kind of criminal behaviour and demonstrates the ability of police and prosecutors to investigate, prepare and prosecute serious and organised crime of this nature. Ryan Ferguson was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after admitting supplying cocaine, cannabis and benzocaine.

He was one of a number of crime figures who paid their respects to 63-year-old and gave a speech as part of the eulogy before placing a rose in his dad's coffin. Those discussions, involving other gangland figures in the north east of England and Glasgow, revealed the scope and the planning of Ferguson’s operation. He was arrested at Glasgow Airport in June last year after arriving back from a holiday in Thailand with his partner.

Ferguson, 30, of Inverness, pled guilty at a hearing last month to being involved in serious organised crime between June 2019 and September 2021. The High Court in Glasgow heard that James White lived a life of luxury in Brazil after fleeing Scotland when close associates were arrested. Officers are also trying to determine if the attack is linked to shots being fired in the same road days before. Martin Mullen and Gerald Gilmour’s plan was halted by police analysis of coded mobile phone messages on the EncroChat platform used widely by criminal gangs. The rivalry between the two cities is age old - locals definitely have a favorite and defend their choice fiercely.

In a significant development, Gerard McTaggart, a 47-year-old plasterer, has been handed a prison sentence of more than four years for his involvement in a money laundering operation connected to Glasgow’s criminal underworld. It was a moment of casual ruthlessness outside a busy Glasgow supermarket seven years ago that lit the fuse under Britain’s most brutal gangland feud. A plasterer who delivered "wages" to Glasgow gangland figures and their families has been jailed for more than four years.

Police have released an e-fit video in a bid to catch a man they suspect of carrying out a gangland murder 16-years-ago. The West of Glasgow is known for its cultural diversity, excellent restaurants, and a thriving music scene. Mr Hart had previously pointed out Clinton at a police ID parade, but when he gave evidence, he said he had possibly picked out the wrong man. He is described as being between 5ft2 and 5ft6 tall, with a small scar on his right jaw line, a small piece missing from the top of his left ear. It’s time they started to ask themselves why young men in these communities are seeking it in crime.

An international arrest warrant remains in place for 59-year-old as detectives believe he has travelled between the Netherlands and Spain.The author takes an in-depth look at the gripping evolution of the city's gangs from the days of the Penny Mob, through the extortion, slashings and street fighting of the Thirties to the smart-suited men of violence of the modern day. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.