Man appears in court over gangland salon fire after locals flee from torched building

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6 days ago

Jordan Steele, 38, appeared in court charged with firearm offences after a beauty salon was torched in the gangland war.
A man has appeared in court after a beauty salon was torched in a gangland f eud causing locals to have to flee their homes.
Belle Cheveux, on Albert Street in Leith, burst into flames during the early hours of Thursday, March 6. It was one of the first targets in the gangland war that has been raging across Scotland in recent months.
Jordan Steele, 38, of Edinburgh, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, July 21, in connection with the incident. He was charged with firearms offences, including possessing a firearm without authorisation.
Steele made no plea and was granted bail. His next appearance has not yet been confirmed.
Another man has previously appeared in court also in connection with the incident in June. Owen Logan, 26, was arrested in a police raid as part of Police Scotland's Operation Portaledge investigation. Logan made no plea to a single charge of wilful fire-raising and was remanded in custody.
A number of incidents have since taken place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and surrounding areas in recent months, with private homes and business premises targeted.
Dubai based Mr Big, Ross McGill, has been waging war on Mark Richardson's mob and the Daniel clan since March after he was ripped off in a £500,000 cocaine deal when the buyer used fake bank notes.
In the most serious of incidents, there was an attempted murder of one of Richardson's top associates. David McMillan, 54, was allegedly attacked with machetes outside his house on Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh on Thursday, May 22.
Three more arrests were made by cops probing a gangland war over the weekend, bringing the total number of Operation Portaledge arrests to 55.
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As well as Steele, a 26-year-man was charged in connection with damage at a property on Walter Scott Avenue in Edinburgh on Thursday, June 12, and a wilful fire-raising at a property on Jackson Way in Tranent on Friday, June 13.
He will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
Another 26-year-old man was charged in connection with two vehicle fires in Port Seton, which occurred on Sunday, May 18. He will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.