Inside Ross ‘Miami' McGill's ‘links' to caged maniac hitman amid jail blitz on warring gangs
Insiders say the feared hired killer has clashed in jail as Scotland's explosive turf war spills behind bars
FEARED hitman Barry 'Baghdad' Harvey has been shipped out of a notorious nick as part of a plan to disrupt caged hoods linked to Scotland's raging gang wars.
Dangerous Harvey - caged for his key role in a three-man gangland death squad - was moved from Edinburgh's notorious Saughton amid claims he's an ally of Dubai-based hood Ross 'Miami' McGill.
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Ross 'Miami' McGill is said to have the backing of caged killer Barry Harvey.
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Caged hitman Barry 'Baghdad' Harvey has been moved from Saughton by jail bosses
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Mark Richardson's associates have been targeted by McGill's group Tamo Junto.
Sources say Harvey, 37, has clashed with jail associates of caged Edinburgh kingpin Mark Richardson, 38, over McGill's revenge campaign sparked by a fake cash drug deal.
Killer Harvey has been identified by jail bosses as an agitator in the carnage that's seen a wave of firebombings and brutal attacks sweep across Scotland's central belt.
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The maniac - who gunned down gym boss Gary More and shot drug dealer Scott Bennett, 44, in the head - is now holed up in HMP Grampian in a bid to restrict his sinister input.
An insider said: 'McGill and Harvey are very close and have formed a partnership.
'Harvey has made it clear to people that he's in with McGill.
'Harvey was in Saughton with people who've had beef with Mark Richardson.
'He has a hatred towards Mark and his pals through this.
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'He has clashed with some of Mark's side in there when he's come across them and they know to stay away from him because he's a very dangerous guy.'
We told earlier how Harvey is one of the caged hoods said to be tied up in the gang wars along with cocaine kingpin James 'The Don' White.
White, 47, has also been moved in the shake-up for the same reasons from Addiewell to Glenochil, near Alloa, while Richardson has been switched from Glenochil to Low Moss, in Bishopbriggs, on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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We earlier told of claims McGill has formed an understanding with caged druglord White who remains under close watch of jail authorities amid suspicions he's pulling strings from his cell.
He became top dog after fugitive mob boss brothers James, 52, and Barry Gillespie, 48, vanished in 2019. The siblings are feared dead in Brazil - a theory disputed by some sources who claim they are still alive.
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Victim Gary More was shot dead by gunman Harvey in a brutal daylight assassination.
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CCTV footage captured the moment Barry Harvey gunned down Gary More in Airdrie.
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James 'The Don' White has been moved as part of a crackdown on gangland figures.
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It's understood Harvey - who bought Turkey teeth with his dirty cash - is also allied to Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson, 60, and Robert 'Birdman' O'Hara, 48 - giving him clout behind bars that adds an edge to his already fearsome reputation.
Our source added: 'Harvey is well respected and is close pals with Robert O'Hara and Jamie Stevenson.
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'Harvey and a few others got shipped out of Saughton lately and sent to different jails to try and disrupt what's going on. Tensions are running high and jail bosses are having to take action.'
Harvey was caged for 29-year in March last year over the execution and maiming of gangland rivals.
A judge slammed the former footie starlet plus Thomas Guthrie, 29, and Darren Owen, 25, for their 'extremely brutal offences'.
The monsters were convicted after a 12-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow for their parts in the murders of Gary More, 32, at his Airdrie house, and Rafal Lyko, 36, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, plus a bid to kill Scott Bennett in Rutherglen, near Glasgow.
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Death squad thug Thomas Guthrie was getaway driver for gunman Barry Harvey.
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Darren Owen was convicted of his involvement in the murder of Rafal Lyko.
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Dead squad victim Rafal Lyko was shot dead and found in a burnt out motor.
Guthrie was also nailed for the attempted murder of lawyer Joe Shields who was savaged in a blade attack outside Glasgow Sheriff Court. The solicitor died five years later in 2023, aged 68.
We told how former Union Bear McGill, 31, of East Kilbride, has been driving a war against rivals using thugs from a group called Tamo Junto.
The desert-based hood is said to have ordered attacks on associates of the jailed druglord Richardson and Glasgow's Daniel crime clan.
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The chaos began in March and cops working under Police Scotland's Operation Portaledge have made 48 arrests so far.
In May, Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell told a policing watchdog officers involved in the crackdown has scoured around 3,000 hours of CCTV footage as part of a massive investigation.
We revealed in The Scottish Sun on Sunday that McGill was a teen 100m ace who ran for Scotland.
The hood, 31, who kicked off the country's bloody gangland turf war, was coached at Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, by ex-Olympian Brian Whittle, 61, now a Tory MSP.
The Scottish Prison Service said: 'We don't comment on individuals.'
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