As the underworld grew it did nothing to halt the gangs of neds whose pitched battles were played out in the schemes. As a youngster he ran 'messages' for the toughest gangsters in the city and stood guard over the pots of cash in illegal gambling schools.

The Blue Angels' " colours" originally consisted of the clubs' insignia — a winged skull wearing a Waffen-SS helmet — and the words "Blue Angels" in Gothic script, along with " 1%" patches, embroidered onto blue denim jackets.Anderson and O’Mahoney present a collection of more than 300 photographs of the most violent and feared men in Britain, but pictured here at leisure: boxing, drinking with friends, and posing in their homes and neighbourhoods.

They were then abducted and taken to a spot near the Stepps bypass,which was then under construction.Anderson and O’Mahoney start with the elder statesmen of the Glasgow scene and move through the main players of more than 70 years of crime, taking in the Arthur Thompson years, the notorious Ferris family, and the Glasgow ice-cream wars.

The pals had been blasted to death and their blood-soaked bodies dumped in a car outside a Glasgow pub in 1991.

But Tervet showed no remorse for what he did to Andrea, only self-pity, and that is something which should always be remembered. badge_secondary": "1rem", "badge_average_score": "2rem", "reviews_card_secondary_font_size": "1rem", "star_summary_reviewsnum_font_size": "1. The 71-year-old, who has changed his name to Norville, hobbled unnoticed from Glasgow Sheriff Court with the aid of a stick. From that moment the whole focus of everyone in the investigation was finding out who was responsible. He hit the headlines 22 years ago when he was jailed for 14 years for armed robberies on a hospital pay-roll and a bank.

He was the type of person that you don’t come across very often in your police career and definitely one to look out for. They passed the coffin to his six daughters and ­granddaughter as the chorus “My daddy was a bank robber” played. Bryan told the local police, who knew nothing about the killer’s past, that he would soon be out and on their patch.The smoke-covered, devastated faces of the victims of the Ice Cream Wars' greatest tragedy as they sat in the back of an ambulance, receiving treatment for the blaze that eventually claimed the lives of six of their relatives - including one baby and four adults under the age of 25. Tough, fearless and unforgettable, the script is as sharp as a razor and the performances by the young cast are remarkable.