Glasgow's Godfather: The Astonishing Inside Story of Walter Norval, the City's First Crime Boss

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Bryan McLaughlin, now 75 and retired, was a Detective Sergeant at Cranstonhill Police Office with responsibility for the Woodlands area. But I refused and he just shut the door. I stood there and I kept bawling and shouting in the street.

Bobby needed a lift to a meeting but his car was with the police for forensic testing, so he needed 23-year-old Joe to drive him. Last night, was the premiere of Peter Mullan's new movie Neds, which focuses on Glasgow's gang culture of the 70s, and how bright boy John McGill becomes embroiled in its violence. Others made him various offers if he did the "right thing". As the trials approached, there was much speculation in the city that Phil would not make it to court. At the High Court in Edinburgh, Tervet received a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years for the murder of Andrea Hedger, 10 years for raping her and a year for the theft of the lead. A HEARTBROKEN mum told last night how she confronted crime king Arthur Thompson over her son’s gun murder — and the hood simply offered to send her on a CRUISE.

It’s alleged Thompson denied any involvement and offered to send Janette on a cruise with his wife Rita. The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront when it comes to reporting crime in Scotland. XYY Gang, came from the radio code used by the cops. The more dangerous a wanted culprit was the further through the alphabet their code was.

We had partial identities of robbers. We also had forensic evidence - fingerprints, paint, hairs and fibres linked to different scenes. But what we needed was a suspect. But there was also an important shift during that period that teamed the brutes and illegal business. She told how she threw The Licensee out of her home in 1993 after he called round pleading for help. Tam McGraw was determined to hold on to his pub (Image: Universal News & Sport) Read More Related Articles

In the late sixties, the Untouchables, an elite team of police officers, were set up to target areas and could travel anywhere within the division. The victim, Andrea Hedger, lived with her family at Baliol Street in the Woodlands area of the city. In 1963 he was charged with attempted murder after stabbing a man eight times in a pub in Possilpark. While doing his national service he was sentenced to 18 months hard labour for slashing another soldier.

It emerged that Tervet came from a family of 11 children, was unemployed and had been living rough in the Woodlands area for some time. The pictures stand out like scars, creating an enduring image that Glasgow is only now beginning to shake off.

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But Janette said: “Earlier this week I watched that documentary and in it a man makes reference to Lobban and his uncle Billy Manson.He had 11 previous convictions and it was the theft of some lead from a house in Ashley Street which had brought him to the attention of the police. Blue Angels stelen materiaal op bouwwerf om lokaal te isoleren Het Laatste Nieuws (8 July 2010) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 November 2022 . Retrieved 8 September 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) For a while, it looked as if Norval and his crew were going to beat the powers of the state. Eventually, six were acquitted and seven found guilty of the armed robbery of a bank and a hospital payroll.