Who were Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr shot dead in Spain

Daily Record

5 days ago

Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr - who were both major players in the Lyons crime clan - were killed at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola, Andalucia on Saturday.
Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were among Scotland's most high profile underworld figures before they were shot dead at a bar in Spain.
The pair - who were both major players in the Lyons crime clan - were killed at Monaghan's Bar in Fuengirola, Andalucia on Saturday. Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Jnr, 46, have been involved in a bloody rivalry with the Daniel group dating back more than 20 years.
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The gangland execution comes amidst a violent turf war that has been raging across Scotland since March. The Daniels and Lyons crime families have been linked to the fresh feud after a series of assaults, shootings and firebombings across Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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The war first erupted following a fallout between rival gangsters after a £500k stash of cocaine was reportedly swiped from under the nose of Dubai-based "Mr Big" known as Ross McGill.
Spanish detectives have yet to confirm if the double murder on the Costa del Sol is connected to the recent violence, which has resulted in more than 30 arrests.
However, the shooting on Saturday is the most significant gangland development since 2010 when Daniels' enforcer Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll was shot dead in an Asda car park.
Ross Monaghan
Monaghan first hit headlines when he was arrested as a suspect for the infamous Asda car park shooting in Robroyston. Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll, 29, had at the time been responsible for a series of so-called "alien abductions" across central Scotland.
The kidnappings were described in such a way as the victims, who were tortured and robbed, told police they couldn't remember anything about their ordeal.
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Carroll attended a lunchtime business meeting in the supermarket car park on 13 January 2010. He was sat in the back of a black Audi A3 when a speeding Volkswagen Golf screeched to a halt in front of the vehicle. Carroll's two associates fled leaving him trapped in the back of the three-door car.
Two masked men emerged from the Golf and opened fire, shattering the rear passenger windows. Carroll was shot 13 times in the head and chest in an attack that lasted 25 seconds.
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Monaghan was arrested in August 2010, just 10 days before his partner gave birth to their daughter.
He spent six months on remand only to be acquitted of the murder in May 2012 after a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to convict him. Monaghan said at the time: "It's been a nightmare. I'm glad to get this over. I've always said it was nothing to do with me."
Less than five years later Monaghan was shot in the shoulder outside a Glasgow primary school after dropping his child off. When the gunman opened fire, he was pushing a child's buggy on Muirdykes Road near St George's Primary, Penilee.
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Two associates of the Daniel clan were both cleared of the attack at a trial but were later convicted for other organised crime offences. Following the school shooting, Monaghan is believed to have moved to Spain.
He was the owner of Monaghan's bar in the Costa del Sol, where he was slain.
Eddie Lyons Jnr
Some 18 years ago, Eddie Lyons Jnr survived a previous attempt on his life when he was ambushed by Kevin Carroll in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. It followed an incident which was widely credited with taking the rivalry with the Daniels to another level.
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Carroll allegedly used a 4x4 and a tow rope to topple the headstone of Eddie Jnr's brother, Garry, in November 2006. Garry was only eight when he died of leukaemia in 1991. The desecration of his grave marked a new low - and the following month two men in a blue Mazda pulled up outside a garage in Lambhill, in the north of Glasgow.
Raymond Anderson and James McDonald put on old man face masks then walked into Applerow Motors, off the busy Balmore Road, and opened fire. The owner, David Lyons, took cover but his 21-year-old nephew Michael - Eddie Jnr's cousin - was shot dead.
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Steven Lyons, another cousin, was injured along with his associate Robert Pickett. The hitmen were enforcers for the Daniel crime clan, believed to have been led by the late Jamie Daniel.
Eddie's father ended up in the dock four years later after he admitted racking up more than £250,000 in mortgage frauds by giving lenders fake income details. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard he bought property in East Kilbride and Cumbernauld by self-certifying on mortgage applications.
Eddie Jnr and Monaghan later appeared before the same court but were cleared of a vicious street attack on three men outside a bar in East Dunbartonshire which took place in April 2016. The trial collapsed, however, when two of the alleged victims said they had no memory of what had happened to them.
The pair remained close friends and had were understood to have just watched the Champions League final in Monaghan's Bar on Saturday night before they were shot dead at close range.