Scottish gang in grisly attacks

[*Wallace*]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/08/31/gang-chop-off-rival-s-manhood-with-chisels-days-after-twin-has-holes-drilled-in-his-head-86908-22525727/

 

GANGLAND thugs armed with chisels chopped off a young man's penis in a gruesome attack beside a main road

 

The attack on Bryan Hanlon, 26, came a week after his twin brother James had holes bored in his head with a power drill in another targeted underworld assault. Police are horrified by the brazen nature of both attacks and the savage violence used.

 

The Hanlon twins were both close pals of murdered gangland enforcer Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll.

 

As well as the grisly injuries to his private parts, Bryan, 26, was left with multiple fractures and severe head injuries. He is critically ill in hospital.

 

It's understood he also suffered injuries to his back passage, inflicted by a chisel.

 

Bryan was driving on Maryhill Road in Glasgow at 11.30pm on Sunday when he was run off the road by a silver BMW 5 Series and a dark-coloured 4x4.

 

His Audi S4 estate hit a wall and he was hauled out.

 

Up to seven thugs, armed with chisels and hammers, took part in the attack .

 

Police are treating it as at tempted murder. Chief Inspector Graham Clarke said: "There is no doubt that , going by the ferocity of the attack, the intent was to kill this young man.

 

"People who saw this may be thinking these were boy racers or it was a road rage incident.

 

"But this was a really violent and horrific assault, and we are really keen to speak to anyone who may have seen these cars on Maryhill Road.

 

"We don't think this was a random act. It was targeted and there was a reason for it.

 

"We need to piece together what happened and get these people locked up. As the days go on, we will look at if this is connected to something else."

 

Mr Clarke warned associates of Hanlon not to try to retaliate. He said: "We will be looking closely at the poor man who was the subject of this horrendous attack, and his associates.

 

"If we believe anyone may be trying to take any form of revenge, we will take robust action against them."

 

A man who was with Bryan in his car escaped with minor injuries.

 

The tactics used in the assault were strikingly similar to the ambush on Hanlon's brother .

 

James Hanlon, driving a silver Vauxhall Vectra, was tailed for four miles by thugs in a black Audi A4 convertible before the attackers rammed his car. The Vectra was then hit again, by thugs in a red Ford Focus who had been waiting in a lane.

 

Six men, armed with power drills, hammers and chisels, piled out of the two cars and chased James.

 

He tried to run but was pinned down at the roadside. The gang then drilled a hole in his head .

 

Brazenly, they attacked in daylight, at around 7.50pm.

 

It's believed James, who is recovering. survived because passing drivers called 999. The attackers left their cars and fled the scene in Cumbernauld Road, Stepps, near Glasgow.

 

Carroll, a feared enforcer for the Daniel crime clan, was gunned down in front of terrified shoppers at an Asda store in Robroyston, Glasgow, in January. The Hanlon twins attended his funeral.

[medusa]

And the connection to Sheffield here is...?

 

I'm going to move this to General; please don't start threads in Sheffield Discussions unless it is Sheffield relevant.

[depoix]

for such an act the vigilanties must have had information that the victim was a paedo ,why else target his sexual parts ,usually a beating is carried out between gangs but to cut his penis off can only lead to assumptions that he is kiddie fiddler

[esme]

who said they were vigilantes ? the article says gangland thugs

[Redyam]

for such an act the vigilanties must have had information that the victim was a paedo ,why else target his sexual parts ,usually a beating is carried out between gangs but to cut his penis off can only lead to assumptions that he is kiddie fiddler

 

Or maybe he shagged the crime bosses wife.

[Halibut]

Does the Op have a point he's trying to make?

This seems like little than a grauitously unpleasant reminder that there are some horrible people in the world. Great, thanks. If I wanted torture porn, I'm sure I could find it for myself.

 

Besides is it not against the rules to just link to a story and offer no opinion?

[landmark]

My only wish is that all the gangland types would mutilate and kill each other very quickly. He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.

[Ghostrider]

Does the Op have a point he's trying to make?

This seems like little than a grauitously unpleasant reminder that there are some horrible people in the world. Great, thanks. If I wanted torture porn, I'm sure I could find it for myself.

Besides is it not against the rules to just link to a story and offer no opinion?

And yet you still read it even after reading the thread title...

[Harleyman]

I've got no time or sympathy for people who choose to get mixed up in gangs. Revenge killings are the price that any gang banger has to live with.

So long as they stick to wiping each other out who should care? The state can cover the cost of a six foot hole in the ground to dump em in if the parents who spawned than cant afford it.

[Wildcat]

It seems to be a part of an ongoing turf war between the Lyons gang and the Daniel family and their associates.....

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/194981-friend-of-gangster-kevin-gerbil-carroll-brutally-beaten-in-attack/

 

A report on an earlier murder by the Lyons gang.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2978524/Daniel-clans-two-fingers-to-the-Lyons-at-Kevin-Gerbil-Carroll-funeral.html

 

And some more background on their gang battles....

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_news/612318/Cops-warn-crime-family-enemies-are-gunning-for-you.html

 

It is scarey stuff. The sort of thing you expect in the US but not here.