Gangland Glasgow: True Crime from the Streets

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The police managed to trace the duo within the hour and Goldfarb was found to be carrying a lock-knife. 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. Gallacher, who was a policeman for 25 years, is not surprised at reports of government intervention. 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.

The incident took place during a vicious jail brawl at Perth Prison, with Peter Allan admitting that he attacked Lyons - who was jailed in 2010 for the road rage killing of van driver Mark Fleeman, 32. In the 1980s, Arthur Thompson, feared and feted in equal measure and a former associate of the Kray twins, was the unchallenged master of the Glasgow underworld.Gerard McTaggart, 47, took carrier bags containing thousands of pounds to several locations linked to organised crime as part of a money laundering scheme. Detective Chief Superintendent Vicky Watson, the head of Police Scotland’s organized crime division, emphasized the collaborative nature of McTaggart’s apprehension. A plasterer who delivered "wages" to Glasgow gangland figures and their families has been jailed for more than four years. Peter Allan admitted attacking the feared gangland killer during a vicious jail brawl, with prosecutors claiming he struggled with him, kicked him and struck "him on his face with an unknown sharp implement.

Sheriff Alistair Carmichael told Notman that the serious and repeated nature of the offence meant there was no alternative to a custodial sentence. When a succession of postwar governments dismantled the industries, a void was all that remained in the absence of any long-term or sustainable replacement. 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. His imminent assailants – who were working for the rival Lyons family – had fitted a tracker to his car and when they caught up with his vehicle, they rammed him off the road.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. View image in fullscreen Feared gangster Kevin Carroll, left, was killed by William Paterson in 2010.

Police Scotland never considers such cases closed and the passage of time is no barrier to the investigation of unresolved homicide cases. The latest surge in gang-related violence has occurred at a time when Police Scotland is suffering a crisis of leadership. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Allan, who was caged in 2009 for the slaying of dad-of-five Raymond Black in the victim's Lanarkshire home, was accused of slashing Lyons on February 21, 2021. We target all who threaten communities across Scotland, from drug couriers to those who direct their movements.

During filming for Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men , a bomb was discovered under Blink’s car and the terrified camera crew members fled from Scotland. In 2002, he was attacked less than a mile from his home and stabbed several times, suffering wounds to his arms, wrists and buttocks.

The court heard that Ferguson, who has previous convictions for drug-related offences, was released from prison in June 2019.Prosecutors claimed 34-year-old Allen struggled with Lyons, kicked him and struck "him on his face with an unknown sharp implement to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement". A Highland gangland boss who hid drugs valued at thousands of pounds in secret woodland “stash sites” has been jailed for five years and eight months.