Six stand trial over gang plot
A GLASGOW gang is accused of using tracking devices to carry out attacks on its rivals.
Prosecutors state the crew known as “the Lyons” targeted individuals associated with “the Daniel” clan and involved a string of murder bids over 15 months.
The six men appeared for a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
MEMBERS of a criminal gang plotted to kill men linked to another crime mob, it is claimed.
Prosecutors state the six were part of the crew known as “the Lyons” and targeted individuals associated with “the Daniel’” clan.
This allegedly involved a string of murder bids over 15-months – including an attack on Glasgow’s M8 motorway.
Brian Ferguson, 36, Andrew Gallacher, 40, Robert Pickett, 53, Andrew Sinclair, 31,John Hardie, 35, and Peter Bain, 44, will stand trial in the New Year to face the accusations.
The six today appeared for a preliminary hearing yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow.
The gangs are each described in the 13-page indictment as a “serious organised crime group”.
It is first claimed the six did “conspire” with others to “murder members or associates” of the Daniel clan.
They allegedly targeted Robert Daniel, Thomas Bilsland, Gary Petty, Ryan Fitzsimmons and Steven Daniel.
The charge spans June 2016 to September 2017 listing locations in Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Manchester.
It is claimed Robert Daniel was the victim of an attack in the city’s Robroyston in December 2016.
This is said to involve his car being rammed before he was chased into a property and struck with a machete.
It is stated Thomas Bilsland was tailed to the city’s Cranhill in January 2017. He was then allegedly attacked with a hatchet, hammer and a knife.
Gary Petty was said to have been tracked to a street in the city’s Maryhill before it is claimed he was also set upon in March last year.
Prosecutors state he was surrounded before being hit with machetes and a baton.
It is claimed Ryan Fitzsimmons was the next target in April last year in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire.
The charge alleges he was knocked unconscious after being hit with a knife, hammer and axe.
Steven Daniel is said to be the last of the five allegedly attacked. It is claimed his car was chased at high speed and eventually rammed at the on-ramp of the M8 motorway in Glasgow’s Port Dundas.
The attackers allegedly smashed windows of the vehicle before hitting Daniel with a cleaver, hammer and “sharp bladed implements” last May.
The indictment lists a total of 19 charges. The six deny the accusations.
Judge Lord Mulholland fixed a trial due to begin next January. The case could last around 12 weeks.