Property tycoon targeted by blade thug in city attack

THE victim of a murder bid in Govan has been named as well-known property tycoon Frankie ‘Donuts’ Donaldson.

The 59-year-old was attacked with a bladed weapon while walking along Riverview Drive on Saturday night.

The suspect then ran off from the scene towards the direction of Springfield Quay.

The victim was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment to serious injuries and his condition has been described as stable.

The victim was previously slashed by another inmate at Low Moss prison, Bishopbriggs, last September. He was also attacked as he got out of his car in Cumbernauld in April, last year.

The suspect is described as a white male, tall, slim build, wearing a burberry cap, black jacket, black jogging bottoms, with a black scarf covering his lower half of his face.

Detective Sergeant Nick Gribben, from Govan CID, said: “This was a vicious and brutal attack which has left the victim with significant injuries and extensive inquiries are under way to find the abhorrent individual responsible.

“From inquiries carried out so far we understand that a man and a woman were possibly with the victim at the time of the incident and were seen running away.

“The man is described as white Scottish, in his 20s, and wearing a black hooded top, and the woman is described as being in her 50s or 60s and wearing an aqua coloured dress with a white cardigan.

“We would appeal to these people to come forward and tell us what they know about what happened.”

‘‘ This was a vicious and brutal attack