In the aftermath of his murder, it emerged McPhee was suspected of carrying out attacks on two high-profile Glasgow underworld figures in 2002. McTaggart’s role consisted of delivering illicit “wages” in cash to associates and family members associated with a notorious organised crime group operating in the city.

His fate was probably sealed after the Lyons clan received information that he had violated the grave of a young member of their family who had died in childhood. When news reached McGraw of McPhee’s murder – at his luxury bungalow home in nearby Mount Vernon – he realised his time was also running out.Kirstin White had pleaded not guilty to the allegations and was set to face trial before a jury at Airdrie Sheriff Court but the case was put on hold to await the outcome of the High Court proceedings against her ex. In these blasted terrains, the big and hard men offered leadership and a sense of purpose in the absence of anything similar being offered by governments. Allen carried out the frenzied killing just weeks after being released from a six month sentence for assault, after downing a cocktail of drink and drugs.

In the 1980s, Arthur Thompson, feared and feted in equal measure and a former associate of the Kray twins, was the unchallenged master of the Glasgow underworld. According to Gallacher, he had simply carried out one too many attacks on Lyons’s personnel and thereafter his days were numbered. View image in fullscreen Feared gangster Kevin Carroll, left, was killed by William Paterson in 2010. It’s time they started to ask themselves why young men in these communities are seeking it in crime.Lyons, who is the son of crime clan grandad David Lyons, was let out of jail in January this year to attend his father's funeral. I would like members of the public to look at these images and get in touch with the investigation team if you recognise him and, most importantly, have information about his current whereabouts. That evening one eyewitness told reporters: “It was about 20 minutes into the Scotland rugby game when there was a commotion. The owner of a long criminal record, Docherty had been jailed for seven years in 1996 for attempted murder with a machete, and after being released, was caged again after being caught with a pistol and ammunition while out on licence.