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Mr Keenan: "An extradition request was made to the Dutch authorities as Ferguson was believed to be in Holland. In a statement at the scene, Detective Chief Superintendent James Conway said: “I want to offer my most sincere condolences to the family and friends of the victims and also to all of those affected in the wider community by this incident. 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.Later, police, acting on intelligence, confronted Gilmour at a house in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, from which they recovered two guns and a quantity of drugs. And for some citizens of the Dear Green Place, brawling is in the blood and gang warfare is a way of life. A Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service spokesperson said: "The court has advised that no further action was taken in respect of the [failure to appear] warrant [for Paul Lyons] and it would have been treated as withdrawn.

Allen carried out the frenzied killing just weeks after being released from a six month sentence for assault, after downing a cocktail of drink and drugs. Gallacher, who was a policeman for 25 years, is not surprised at reports of government intervention. 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. The High Court in Lanark heard that between May and October 2019, McTaggart was spotted by surveillance officers meeting associates from a prominent Glasgow crime group. Clinton went on trial at the High Court in Glasgow in April 2004, but the case collapsed after one day through a lack of evidence.It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The stinking deprivation of the Gorbals and the East End, deprivation that helped spawn pre-war gangs like the Billy Boys, the Norman Conks and the Redskins, is largely gone, but in each era new gangs have risen to take their place. The court heard that after the Gillespie brothers disappeared, White took over the gang, which operated on an "international scale" in countries including Italy, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Brazil. It’s no coincidence that the crime gangs’ main centres of operation are among the UK’s most disadvantaged communities. A third member of the gang, Alistair Douglas, 57, of Paisley, earlier pled guilty to being involved in serious organised crime and received a sentence of five years and three months.

That evening one eyewitness told reporters: “It was about 20 minutes into the Scotland rugby game when there was a commotion. Given the reputation of the victim and his associates many, understandably, simply did not want to get involved. John Carnochan was a detective chief superintendent in Strathclyde police and co-founded the world-renowned Violence Reduction Unit. After his conviction, prosecutors announced they were dropping the charges against Kirstin, 40, from Gartcosh in Lanarkshire.

The victim had been sitting at the bar with a friend, who was in the toilet when the attack took place.

Six men emerged from the cars and, armed with knives and machetes, launched a vicious attack that almost severed his nose and detached his top jaw from his skull. As a young man in Glasgow’s underworld, Ian "Blink" MacDonald earned a reputation for fighting and stabbing his enemies. Solicitor Brian Bell, defending Goldfarb, said: "He is genuinely remorseful for his behaviour and apologises.An international arrest warrant remains in place for 59-year-old as detectives believe he has travelled between the Netherlands and Spain. 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.