Mr Big's men blame rival gangster for Lyons lieutenant executions

Daily Record

3 days ago

McGill's enforcers Tamo Junto claim the hood orchestrated the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons jnr in Malaga on Saturday night.
Mobsters working for Dubai-based Mr Big Ross McGill have blamed a rival Scots gangster for the brutal executions of two senior Lyons clan members.
McGill's out of control gang Tamo Junto (TMJ) have named an individual gangland kingpin they say orchestrated the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr in Malaga last weekend.
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The key lieutenants were assassinated outside Monaghan's bar in Fuengirola on Saturday night amid a violent turf war raging across Scotland since March.
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A source close to McGill's gang said: ' TMJ have put the word out that it was a well-known figure who ordered the murders in the Costa Del Sol.
'This guy was expected to retaliate against a series of attacks on his associates at some point, but it's fair to say the audacity of this has left everyone shocked.'
TMJ pointed the finger at the rival gangster on Tuesday as the country's turf war reached terrifying new levels in the wake of Lyons' and Monaghan's deaths.
It was previously reported that the Lyons clan had been feeding McGill information to help his gang track targets from the notorious Daniel crime family in Glasgow and a mob linked to jailed cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson in Edinburgh.
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The source continued: 'This gangster has always held a grudge against the Lyons. He decided they had to be targets.'
But mob boss Stevie Lyons removed himself from the feud last week amidst a police crackdown on the violence in Scotland, fearing his enforcers would end up behind bars.
The kingpin ordered his foot soldiers to concentrate on the family's own interests after reports on arrests across Glasgow and Edinburgh filtered through to his Dubai bolthole.
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The source added that the murders of Steven's brother Eddie and top man Monaghan has enraged the clan boss, who has now been dragged into the centre of a war he was keen to keep back from.
He added: 'These killings have taken this war to a whole new level.
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'Steven Lyons is absolutely livid with McGill. His links with this war were only through shared associates and a mutual hatred for the Daniel family and the Richardson mob. He doesn't even have McGill's phone number and his crew just helped out a bit by passing on details of locations for certain people.
'But he recently pulled the plug on the whole thing and warned his guys to stay away. Ross and Eddie had nothing to do with the war and now the two of them have been gunned down over something someone else started. Steven is furious and he's blaming McGill for throwing his family into the firing line. McGill has just created a major new enemy for himself.'
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Scotland's gang war erupted almost three months ago after cronies of Richardson swiped £500k worth of cocaine from McGill in a drug deal scam involving fake notes.
Tamo Junt o have claimed credit for a series of violent attacks across the country ever since - with homes, cars and business linked to Richardson first targeted in the capital.
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The violence spread to Glasgow in April after a carpet and flooring unit owned by Daniel enforcer Craig 'Rob Roy' Gallagher was torched in Bishopbriggs.
And in Milton, a female pensioner and 12-year-old boy were injured after hoods stormed their home looking for a high-ranking member of the Daniel family.
McGill's men went on to target the home of Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel, as well as the properties of his mum Annette, uncle Norman and sister Kelly 'Bo' Green.
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Last month, two men were attacked with a machete at a garage owned by Robert Daniel in East Kilbride while Richardson's close pal David McMillan snr was also hospitalised in a blade attack at his plush Edinburgh home.
On Saturday night, just minutes after Eddie Jnr and Monaghan were assassinated in Spain, a posh mansion in the Renfrewshire village of Bridge of Weir was torched.
On Monday, TMJ - who have been known for showcasing their attacks online - took credit for the firebombing as they released a picture of the blaze alongside a chilling threat.
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The gang wrote: 'If you write stuff about us online or try to organise violence against us. We will target you and your family.
'Don't steal from us. Don't threaten us. Don't switch on us. Or we will relentlessly come after you.'
Police have so far arrested 41 people over incidents in the feud in an investigation known as Operation Portaledge.
Police Scotland released a statement on Tuesday evening stating they have 'no intelligence' to link the shootings in Fuengirola to the ongoing turf war, or that the shootings were organised from within Scotland.