Gangland Glasgow: True Crime from the Streets

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Regulars were watching the Scotland rugby team play Wales at Murrayfield and the incoming football results. Campbell had recently been released from prison pending an appeal against his conviction for the murders of six members of the Doyle family in 1984, during the city’s notorious ice cream wars.

He had not previously been arrested due to a lack of evidence and his "whereabouts unknown" at the time. Days later, two young hoods, Joe “Bananas” Hanlon and Bobby Glover, were found shot dead in a car that had been dumped at a spot near where young Arthur’s cortege would pass later that morning. This book traces the history of the city's gangland violence from the bloody turf wars, extortion and religious battles to the rise in drug dealing today. Kirstin White had pleaded not guilty to the allegations and was set to face trial before a jury at Airdrie Sheriff Court but the case was put on hold to await the outcome of the High Court proceedings against her ex. Deputy Crown Agent Kenny Donnelly said: "Gerard McTaggart performed a specific function which was to deliver wages to family members of serious organised crime group nominals as part of a money laundering operation.

For more news, follow us on Facebook and Twitter but never miss the latest top headlines and sign up to our daily newsletter here. He was handed a five-month jail term for the offence, to run alongside the life sentence he is already serving. View image in fullscreen Feared gangster Kevin Carroll, left, was killed by William Paterson in 2010. In the years leading up to his death he had kept a low profile and was said not to go out in Glasgow after dark. Clinton later bragged on a Channel 5 documentary that stabbing was “the easiest thing in the world”.

Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Anyone who has information or concerns about the sale and supply of drugs in their community is urged to contact Police Scotland via 101. The court heard how Ferguson arranged for the deliveries of controlled drugs and large sums of cash to the north of Scotland. The violence won’t be stopping any time soon, nor will the laundering of the profits in all the usual outlets.A plasterer who delivered "wages" to Glasgow gangland figures and their families has been jailed for more than four years. Senior officers are also under investigation for illegal gathering of data against former police colleagues and a handful of investigative journalists. His responsibility included delivering undeclared earnings to family members of the crime group’s key figures.

Four months before his murder, McPhee had been shot in the face with a flare gun as he drank in Shettleston Juniors social club. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Sheriff Alistair Carmichael told Notman that the serious and repeated nature of the offence meant there was no alternative to a custodial sentence. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. He was just a teenager when he killed Mr Black at the victim's home in Carluke, Lanarkshire, in January 2008.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Gallacher, who was a policeman for 25 years, is not surprised at reports of government intervention.