Caught In The Crossfire

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The deadliest Glasgow gang war of a generation
- the Daniel family versus the Lyons
- was sparked by an opportunistic cocaine theft from a house party which unleashed a decade of murderous violence. Devastation ensued.. .beatings slashings abductions torture & road-rage murder. Homes were firebombed while children slept; families were ripped apart & witnesses forced into protection. Michael Lyons 21 was slaughtered when a crime summit at a north Glasgow garage turned into a triple shooting bloodbath & Daniel lieutenant Kevin The Gerbil Carroll 29 had 10 shots pumped into him outside a suburban Asda supermarket in broad daylight as shoppers fl ed in terror. The desecration of the grave of eight-year-old cancer victim Garry Lyons marked a sickening low. Caught in the crossfire were a band of parents in Milton Glasgow who made a brave stand against their community centre being used as a gang hut by the Lyons. Against the odds they won their six-year battle against routine violence & intimidation & at the same time exposed a shocking & murky nexus between police officers politicians & the underworld. This is the explosive story of what happened as the Daniel
- Lyons feud spiralled out of control & engulfed a whole community.