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Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Drug kingpin gunned down in Costa del Sol pub 'had £250k bounty placed on his head by Spanish cartel linked to English gang' as police reveal they know potential identity of double assassin
A drugs kingpin gunned down in a Costa del Sol pub had a £250,000 bounty on his head over a feud with a Spanish cartel, it has been claimed. Ross Monaghan, 43, was shot dead alongside Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, in a planned hit on Saturday at Monaghans in Fuengirola. Both were senior figures in Glasgow's feared Lyons crime family. Police are said to know the possible identity of the gunman, but have not yet worked out who hired them. However, the suggestion that a rival gang from Spain wanted Monaghan dead is the first sign of a possible motive. Reports suggest the grudge may have been the result of an unpaid debt. A gang from England with connections to Spain had reportedly warned about the contract on his life shortly before he was gunned down. 'A firm from England with connections to Alicante had warned of a £250,000 contract on Monaghan weeks before the shooting,' a source told The Sun. 'It's not clear if that information found its way to Monaghan but he must have known something was brewing because it was related to debts. 'People are shocked at how complacent he seems to have been and there is no doubt the shooter benefited from the element of surprise that night.' The assassinations of two Lyons family kingpins prompted fears that their deadly rivals, the Daniels, were behind the hit. The two crime families have been locked in a bloody feud that has seen a series of tit-for-tat killings over more than two decades. Saturday's hit coincides with an ongoing gang war in Edinburgh and Glasgow that has seen scores of firebombings and beatings - apparently targeting the Daniels and their associate, Mark Richardson. However, Police Scotland said in a statement earlier this week that there was 'no evidence' the Spain shootings had been ordered in Scotland or were linked to the recent unrest there. And yesterday, one of Monaghan's relatives reportedly came forward to insist the Daniels were not behind the killings. Lyons Jnr's death came just weeks after his teenage daughter died from an illness, the relative revealed. Spanish police continue to hunt the gunman responsible for Saturday's shootings. After executing Lyons Jnr on the street outside, the killer ran in and cornered Monaghan before shooting him in the chest and stomach at close range. Monaghan - who is believed to have owned the pub, named Monaghans - tried to escape by running to the bathroom. But horrific CCTV shows him stumbling as he turns to face his killer, who calmly pulls the trigger four times. It comes at a time of high tension in Edinburgh and Glasgow, which have seen dozens of violent incidents linked to an ongoing gang dispute. Reports have suggested the war erupted after Richardson's associates stole a £500,000 stash of cocaine from an ambitious Dubai-based kingpin known as Ross 'Miami' McGill. The Lyons are now said to be supporting McGill in his war on Richardson and his close associate Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel. The dispute has even made its way onto social media, where one video showed a series of attacks on targets associated with Mark Richardson to the tune of Martha Reeves' and the Vandellas hit 'Nowhere to run'. Numerous reports have suggested the Costa del Sol shootings are directly linked to the ongoing unrest in Edinburgh and Glasgow. But this has been denied by police, who said there is 'no intelligence to suggest' this was the case. A Police Scotland spokesperson added: 'Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where requested, however, at this time we have no officers deployed within Spain. 'There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge. 'Any misinformation or speculation linking the events in Spain are not helpful to the ongoing investigations in either country. 'There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland.' Yesterday's intervention by the Monaghan family suggests the Daniels are wary of being blamed for Saturday's killings. Their long-lasting war with the Lyons reportedly began when Lyons associates allegedly stole a £20,000 cocaine stash belonging to them. Five years later, gunmen James McDonald and Raymond Anderson walked into Applerow Motors in Lambhill, north Glasgow - owned by David Lyons - and opened fire in retaliation. David's nephew Michael Lyons, 21, was killed, while Steven Lyons - Eddie Jnr's brother - was shot in the leg and back. Robert Pickett was left in a coma and lost a kidney. Dozens of tit for tat shootings and killings have happened in the years since. Monaghan himself was a suspect in the 2010 murder of Daniels member Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll in the car park of a Glasgow Asda. He was charged over the shooting but the case was later dropped. In August 2017, Monaghan and Lyons Jr were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. Monaghan later fled to Spain after being shot in the shoulder while dropping his child off at a Glasgow primary school that same year. Monaghans, the pub where Saturday's shooting happened, describes itself online as a place 'where you can relax and spend the day enjoying great home cooked meals on a sunny terrace and watch live sporting events.' It also bills itself as a 'family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area's most popular beaches.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches. Saturday murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda a 15-minute drive from the Irish bar towards Marbella. He was shot dead around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends. The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests. The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool. Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle disputes and a number of international mafias are known to have a base. Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Family of drug kingpin gunned down in Costa Del Sol pub say notorious rival gang are NOT responsible for killings as fears grow over 'revenge' attacks
The family of a drug kingpin murdered in a double shooting have spoken out to say their notorious gang rivals are not responsible, according to a bombshell new report. Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were shot dead by a masked gunman while they were watching Saturday's Champions League final at an Irish pub on the Costa del Sol. Both men are senior figures in the Glasgow-based Lyons gang, and the incident prompted fears that their deadly rivals, the Daniels, were behind the hit. The two crime families have been locked in a bloody feud that has seen a series of tit-for-tat killings over more than two decades. Saturday's hit also coincides with an ongoing gang war in Edinburgh and Glasgow that has seen scores of firebombings and beatings - apparently targeting the Daniels and their associate, Mark Richardson. However, Police Scotland said in a statement earlier this week that there was 'no evidence' the Spain shootings had been ordered in Scotland or were linked to the recent unrest there. And now, a relative of Monaghan has appeared to absolve the Daniels of any blame for his and Lyons Jnr's deaths - suggesting gang rivals based abroad could be responsible. 'The one thing people need to know is the Daniels are not behind this,' The Sun reported one of Monaghan's relatives as saying. 'There are other theories about who is behind it, but the one thing we know for sure is it's got nothing to do with the Daniels or Mark Richardson.' Lyons Jnr's death came just weeks after his teenage daughter died from an illness, the relative revealed. Spanish police continue to hunt the gunman responsible for Saturday's shootings. After executing Lyons Jnr on the street outside, the killer ran in and cornered Monaghan before shooting him in the chest and stomach at close range. Monaghan - who is believed to have owned the pub, named Monaghans - tried to escape by running to the bathroom. But horrific CCTV shows him stumbling as he turns to face his killer, who calmly pulls the trigger four times. It comes at a time of high tension in Edinburgh and Glasgow, which have seen dozens of violent incidents linked to an ongoing gang dispute. Reports have suggested the war erupted after Richardson's associates stole a £500,000 stash of cocaine from an ambitious Dubai-based kingpin known as Ross 'Miami' McGill. The Lyons are now said to be supporting McGill in his war on Richardson and his close associate Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel. The dispute has even made its way onto social media, where one video showed a series of attacks on targets associated with Mark Richardson to the tune of Martha Reeves' and the Vandellas hit 'Nowhere to run'. Numerous reports have suggested the Costa del Sol shootings are directly linked to the ongoing unrest in Edinburgh and Glasgow. But this has been denied by police, who said there is 'no intelligence to suggest' this was the case. A Police Scotland spokesperson added: 'Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where requested, however, at this time we have no officers deployed within Spain. 'There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge. 'Any misinformation or speculation linking the events in Spain are not helpful to the ongoing investigations in either country. 'There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland.' Today's intervention by the Monaghan family suggests the Daniels are wary of being blamed for Saturday's killings. Their long-lasting war with the Lyons reportedly began when Lyons associates allegedly stole a £20,000 cocaine stash belonging to them. Five years later, gunmen James McDonald and Raymond Anderson walked into Applerow Motors in Lambhill, north Glasgow - owned by David Lyons - and opened fire in retaliation. David's nephew Michael Lyons, 21, was killed, while Steven Lyons - Eddie Jnr's brother - was shot in the leg and back. Robert Pickett was left in a coma and lost a kidney. Dozens of tit for tat shootings and killings have happened in the years since. Monaghan himself was a suspect in the 2010 murder of Daniels member Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll in the car park of a Glasgow Asda. He was charged over the shooting but the case was later dropped. In August 2017, Monaghan and Lyons Jr were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. Monaghan later fled to Spain after being shot in the shoulder while dropping his child off at a Glasgow primary school that same year. Monaghans, the pub where Saturday's shooting happened, describes itself online as a place 'where you can relax and spend the day enjoying great home cooked meals on a sunny terrace and watch live sporting events.' It also bills itself as a 'family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area's most popular beaches.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches. Saturday murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda a 15-minute drive from the Irish bar towards Marbella. He was shot dead around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends. The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests. The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool. Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle disputes and a number of international mafias are known to have a base. Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
How Scottish crimelords tried to slice the face off a deadly rival who will remember attack 'every time he looks in the mirror' - as gang war explodes again with Spanish executions
Scotland is in the grip of a deadly gang war with tensions now spilling over to Spain after violent executions rocked the sunny shores of the Costa del Sol. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr - senior figures from the feared Lyons clan - were killed by a masked gunman as they were watching Saturday's Champions League final at Monaghans Irish pub in Fuengirola. Horrific CCTV shows the two gang members being shot at close range before the killers escaped. The assassinations are feared to be the latest chapter in a bloody feud between the Lyons crime family and their bitter rivals, the Daniels. But this is not the first time that the Scottish crimelords have lashed out with life-changing consequences. In 2017 Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel of the Daniels clan was left with gruesome facial scars after a botched attempt on his life by a rival Glaswegian gang the Lyons. The gangster, 45, had been enjoying a Rangers vs. Aberdeen football match in Ibrox, west Glasgow on May 18, when he was followed through the city. His bitter rivals from the north of the city were able to track him after sticking a state of the art tracker to his Skoda Octavia. Following him through the city, a Volkswagen Golf deliberately rammed the 45-year-old while another Audi S3 joined in on the chase forcing Daniel to speed off to escape. In a court case from 2017, reported by The Sun, the Scottish career criminal believed he was driving at 100mph as he sped down the M8 and was so desperate to escape the assassination attempt he considered driving on the opposite side of the motorway. Daniel was then rammed on on-ramp on a slip road on to the M8 and all he could remember was skidding towards a pole on the road before passing out. He claimed he could not remember being brutally attacked but he was viciously hit and sliced with a cleaver, a hammer and a series of bladed weapons which left his face almost sliced off. The horrific attack left the Daniel clan-member in hospital for several weeks as surgeons worked to repair his damaged face. Almost a decade after the gruesome attack, Daniel's face still bares the marks with bulging scars across his cheeks and around his eyes. Rival Lyons gang members Brian Ferguson, 37, Andrew Gallacher, 40, Robert Pickett, 53, Andrew Sinclair, 32, John Hardie, 35, and Peter Bain, 45, were convicted of a series of murder bids on members of the Daniel clan. The judge Lord Frank Mulholland told the six at the time that Daniel 'will be reminded of what happened every time he looks in the mirror. His family will be reminded when they look at him.' The two families have been in a bitter war for almost 20 years and tensions seemed to have increased with Edinburgh and Glasgow being terrorised by a wave of firebombings. The recent attacks in Scotland are said to be targeting the criminal empire of cocaine trafficker Mark Richardson and Daniel. Reports suggest the latest stage of the feud erupted after Richardson's associates stole a £500,000 stash of cocaine from an ambitious Dubai-based kingpin known as Ross 'Miami' McGill. The Lyons are now said to be supporting McGill in his war on Richardson. McGill is a former Rangers ultra who once headed up the Union Bears, the club's most hardcore group of fans. He was even given a send-off by then-manager Steven Gerrard when he gave up the leadership role in 2021. The Lyons, from the Milton housing scheme in North Glasgow, sparked the original war after allegedly stealing a £20,000 cocaine stash belonging to the Daniels, from nearby Possil, during a party. Five years later, gunmen James McDonald and Raymond Anderson walked into Applerow Motors in Lambhill, north Glasgow - owned by David Lyons - and opened fire in retaliation. David's nephew Michael Lyons, 21, was killed, while Steven Lyons - Eddie Jnr's brother - was shot in the leg and back. Robert Pickett was left in a coma and lost a kidney. Dozens of tit for tat shootings and killings have happened in the years since. Monaghan himself was a suspect in the 2010 murder of Daniels member Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll in the car park of a Glasgow Asda. He was charged over the shooting but the case was later dropped. In August 2017, Monaghan and Lyons Jr were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. Monaghan later fled to Spain after being shot in the shoulder while dropping his child off at a Glasgow primary school that same year.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Scotland braces for revenge attacks after Costa Del Sol assassinations: Gangs warn of more bloodshed on streets after double shooting 'linked to feud between warring clans'
Scotland is braced for a wave of revenge attacks after two major gangland kingpins were gunned down in a planned assassination on the Costa del Sol. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr - senior figures from the feared Lyons gang - were shot dead by a masked gunman as they were watching Saturday's Champions League final at Monaghan's Irish pub in Fuengirola. After executing Lyons Jnr, 46, on the street outside, the killer ran in and cornered Monaghan, 43, before shooting him in the chest and stomach at close range. Monaghan - who is believed to have owned the pub - attempted to escape by running to the bathroom. But horrific CCTV broadcast on Spanish television shows him stumbling as he turns to face his killer, who calmly pulls the trigger four times. No one has claimed responsibility for the hit job - but the slayings come amid a vicious gang war in Scotland that has seen a wave of firebombings terrorise communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. They are also feared to be the latest chapter in a bloody feud between the Lyons family and their bitter rivals, the Daniels, which has been ongoing for two decades. Monaghan was a suspect in the 2010 murder of Daniels member Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll outside an Asda in Robroyston, Glasgow. He was charged but the case was later dropped. In August 2017, Monaghan and Lyons Jr were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire. Monaghan later fled to Spain after being shot in the shoulder while dropping his child off at a Glasgow primary school that same year. The Lyons, from the Milton housing scheme in North Glasgow, sparked the original war after allegedly stealing a £20,000 stash of cocaine belonging to the Daniels, from nearby Possil, during a party. Five years later, gunmen James McDonald and Raymond Anderson walked into Applerow Motors in Lambhill, north Glasgow - owned by David Lyons - and opened fire in retaliation. David's nephew Michael Lyons, 21, was killed, while Steven Lyons - Eddie Jnr's brother - was shot in the leg and back. Robert Pickett was left in a coma and lost a kidney. Scores of tit for tat shootings and killings have happened in the years since. Spanish police confirmed yesterday that they had yet to make any arrests over the murders of Monaghan and Lyons Jnr. 'The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola, with nothing new at the moment,' a spokesperson said. Spanish police earlier pushed back on claims that a third person had been hurt and was in hospital. 'There is no record of another person or people being injured,' a spokesperson said. The wife of one of the victims witnessed the attack, according to Malaga-based news outlet Sur. The outlet did not say which man's partner it was. The gunman in understood to have fled on foot before rejoining an accomplice in a car who had driven him to the murder scene. Police have so far retraced part of their escape route to the old N-340 dual carriageway heading towards Benalmadena. Details on the getaway vehicle have not yet been released. Officers from an elite Spanish National Police Costa del Sol-based Anti-Drug and Organised Crime Unit UDYCO are heading the ongoing probe, although they are reporting to a local investigating judge coordinating the operation. Court officials are expected to confirm later today that a secrecy order has been placed on the investigation, preventing public officials from making any detailed public comment. Police have not made any arrests at the time of writing Such orders, called a 'secreto de sumario' in Spanish, are often placed on criminal probes especially in their infancy to protect investigations by limiting the number of people who have access to sensitive information. Some local reports cite witnesses in identifying the assassin as a 'blond man. Investigators are working on the theory that British nationals are behind the gangland killing, but detectives have not commented. The National Police has confirmed two men were killed but declined to name them. 'Around midnight on Saturday an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront,' reads the only official statement to date. 'Two males died as a result from gunshot wounds. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made so far.' A British woman answered the phone at the Irish bar, said to be owned by Ross Monaghan, yesterday morning but said she had been told by the police not to comment. Monaghans Fuengirola describes itself online as a place 'where you can relax and spend the day enjoying great home cooked meals on a sunny terrace and watch live sporting events.' It also bills itself as a 'family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area's most popular beaches.' Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone's throw from an area called Los Boliches. Saturday night's gun murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda a 15-minute drive from the Irish bar towards Marbella. He was shot dead around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends. The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests. The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool. Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle scores and a number of international mafias are known to have a base. Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Police: No suggestion Spanish murders linked to gang feud
Police say there is currently nothing to suggest the murders of two Scots in a Spanish bar is related to an on-going gang war in Scotland. Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were shot dead in an attack at Monaghans pub in Fuengirola on Saturday two men have links to the Lyons crime clan, which along with the rival Daniels gang has been linked to a series of assaults, shootings and fire-bombings across Glasgow and Edinburgh in recent has been intense speculation that the murders are the latest twist in that feud, but a statement by Police Scotland has said there is "nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland". Lyons, 46, and Monaghan, 43, died when a gunman opened fire on them in the bar at about 23:00 local time. He then fled the scene in a is located on the seafront of the town and is a popular bar with tourists and expats. The bar had been screening the UEFA Champions League final on the evening of the mayor of Fuengirola, Ana Mula, earlier called for more police resources to combat organised crime-related violence on the Costa del Mula said: "We live in a world and at a time where crime knows no borders."In places like the Costa del Sol, we're seeing developments that, as they spread, inevitably affect us."We need much greater involvement from the state on this issue."She also called for the deployment of more police officers who specialise in organised mayor added: "I intend to be relentless in demanding action on this."It's a top priority for our community and our city." Spanish investigation But in a statement released on on Tuesday evening, Police Scotland made it clear it was not directly investigating the murders."The investigation into the fatal shootings in Fuengirola is being carried out by Spanish police," it said."Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where requested, however at this time we have no officers deployed within Spain."There is currently no intelligence to suggest the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge. "Any misinformation or speculation linking the events in Spain are not helpful to the ongoing investigations in either country."There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland."
