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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Dalrada CEO issues statement to Morton fans as crucial sponsorship vote looms
DALRADA Technology's chief executive has issued a statement to Morton fans as a crucial vote on the company's continued sponsorship of the club looms. In a statement published on the football club's website, Dalrada boss Brian Bonar addressed the members of Morton Club Together (MCT), the club's fan ownership group, and the side's wider fanbase. His comments come as MCT members are set to vote on whether to accept the terms of a new Dalrada sponsorship deal, which could be worth around £700,000. More sport: Morton issue statement on Dougie Imrie's future at club Morton open to offers for one of eight in-contract stars for next season Morgan Boyes seals Morton exit to reunite with teammate at Championship rival Mr Bonar said: 'I wanted to send a message to the MCT members and the wider Morton fanbase regarding the ongoing vote for Dalrada's proposed partnership with the club for the upcoming season. 'Many have asked what's in it for Dalrada and speculated about various motives. 'I can categorically tell you that the only motive I have is to give something back to a community and club I love. "Alongside that I want to see a stable and professionally run operation off the park and it is clear work needs to be done to achieve this." Dalrada's current three-year sponsorship deal, which has seen the company plough more than £1 million into the club since the summer of 2022, is due to come to an end on June 30.
The Sun
14-05-2025
- The Sun
Son of Scots millionaire tycoon killed by ruthless Mexican Narcos torture gang who dumped body in car boot
THE army veteran son of a Scots tycoon was killed by a ruthless Mexican Narcos torture gang, it has emerged. Adrian Bonar's decomposing body was found wrapped in plastic in the boot of a plush Lexus motor after it had been dumped under a bridge. 5 5 5 5 His dad was entrepreneur Dr Brian Bonar, originally from Greenock, Renfrewshire, who ran firms in the financial sector and restaurants in California. Cartel member, Martin Lopez Torres, 44, recently pleaded guilty to murdering Adrian and received 28 years to life in prison. He admitted shooting Adrian as part of a plea deal just before his trial was due to start. It has taken US prosecutors six years to get Torres into the dock. Now details of the horror treatment his ruthless gang dished out to their victims, including dad-of-two Adrian, 34, have emerged. Deputy District Attorney Nick Thomo in a pre-trial statement said Bonar was kidnapped and killed in October 2019 and a second victim was kidnapped and tortured in November of the same year. He added that the pair's abductors 'focuses primarily on trafficking narcotics from Mexico throughout Southern California.' On October 15, 2019, Anaheim police, in California, received a call of a suspicious car near Gypsum Canyon off the 91 and 241 freeways, The car was ticketed. Police returned to the car a couple days later after receiving more calls about it and noticed a foul odour from it and then found the decomposing body in the trunk. The corpse was later identified as being Adrian. DDA Thomo added: "The second victim was tied to a chair, beaten, cut with machetes, and held at gunpoint. 'He was duct-taped to a metal ladder and had a gasoline-soaked rag stuffed in his mouth and his mouth was duct-taped shut. "At some point during his imprisonment, he was taken to the bathroom. He was shaved and sexually assaulted.' When the victim fought back he was locked in a closet until police rescued him. 5 Bonar served in the U.S. Army from 2005 till 2009, when he was honourably discharged. He saw combat in Iraq, but left the army after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. At his funeral a picture was displayed showing him in full Highland dress while mourners wore thistles. Adrian's younger brother Cannon, who was just 27, took his own life the year after his sibling's murder, leaving his family devastated, At the time his millionaire dad said:: "As far as I'm concerned, the guys who killed Adrian also killed Cannon. "They took both my sons. "Cannon was a bright boy with natural intelligence. "He couldn't get his head around how his brother died and it took him to a really dark place. "He said he couldn't deal with the fact Adrian was no longer here. "He really struggled." Two co-accused in Adrian's murder Antonio Silva Lopez and Nicolas Colunga are still awaiting trial. Torres is the uncle of Silva Lopez, according to the trial brief from Deputy District Attorney Thomo.
