But Steele, 33, claimed he did not recall the stabbing. He said that if he did kill PJ, it must have been self-defence. Johnnyboy is also the brother of Joseph Steele who along with one Thomas 'TC' Campbell was wrongly convicted of the murders of 6 of the Doyle family in the so called Glasgow ice cream wars.

In what he says is his last interview before he reclaims the life he was denied when he battled for 20 years to clear his name, Joe Steele reveals how the brutal regime of prison life and being fitted up for the murders of six members of the Doyle family did not break him.But while still crippled by overcrowding – with an official capacity of just over 1000, it currently houses 1400 men – Barlinnie’s tough regime has been replaced by a more enlightened approach. I loved my wife, Dolly, and my two boys so much, being taken from them after tasting what it was like to be a proper family, was the start of the darkest period in my life. Today Barlinnie is said to be Western Europe’s biggest single dispenser of methadone, handing out over 8700 litres every year. But he remembers an Alcoholics ­Anonymous request for prisoner support groups being met by stony silence. Prison breeding ground eventually bred a better man, but it was a long hard Glasgow road for battle weary Johnnyboy

John Steele was acquitted of murdering Paul “PJ” Douglass, 20, after claiming self-defence. He said PJ had a knife which he had never seen before. includes the alleged offences of named individuals unless it is considered to be already common public knowledge If she says there is nowhere further to go then it becomes more serious. But I will just have to wait and see. MacAskill spent 30 minutes talking to Maureen and her supporters. She said afterwards: “Apparently, the Solicitor General called Kenny MacAskill this morning to see if his office had received the letter I sent them. Today Barlinnie is said to be Western Europe’s biggest single dispenser of methadone, handing out over 8700 litres every year. But he remembers an Alcoholics Anonymous request for prisoner support groups being met by stony silence.It was this weapon that would later be used to kill PJ. Steele again holds the fighting knife in his right hand. Barlinnie already had a grim reputation when D Hall’s ‘Hanging Shed’ gallows opened in the mid-1940s. The execution cell was the last place 10 prisoners saw before being hanged and their bodies placed on a mortuary slab in a chamber below.

The man wrongly convicted of the Ice Cream War murders has revealed how he won his life-or-death battle with drugs. It offered Victorian-age work ethics with access to education and books. The new A Hall prisoners were put to work baking and building, making shoes and mattresses, outside the quarry gave others the harsher task of breaking stone to help build B, C and D Halls.It was a constructive meeting. Mr MacAskill was really impressed with their resolve and determination to turn something terrible into something positive, through the valuable work they are doing with community projects to help turn around lives. Steele spent many years in HMP Barlinnie as well as HMP Peterhead and the notorious cages in HMP Inverness. PJ’s mum Maureen, 53, claims the conclusion is clear. The knife was not her son’s, it belonged to Steele, and Steele brought it to the scene. Johnnyboy Steele is the most punished prisoner in Scottish Penal History. He was sentenced originally to 12 years for two counts of assault and robbery. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Record, Maureen said: “My son was murdered in cold blood and justice hasn’t been done.