Crimestopper

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Brutal murders. Bizarre crimes. Eccentric crooks. & Scotlands toughest gangsters. Bryan Mc Laughlin faced the challenge of tackling crime on Glasgows mean streets & throughout Scotland for more than 30 years finding himself involved with nearly 300 killings. He started as a bobby on the beat worked in the elite Serious Crime Squad & later headed up the forces Criminal Intelligence Branch. When he retired he became a private eye helping free the victim of one of Scotlands most notorious miscarriages of justice. Now Bryan Mc Laughlin lifts the lid on his dealings with notorious godfather Arthur Thompson tells of his satisfaction at nailing slippery gangster Tam Mc Graw with an Al Capone-style tax sting looks back on the bomb attack on Glasgows High Court & reveals remarkable information about the legendary Bible John murders. As well as these notorious cases Bryan also looks back at the human side of policing as he encountered it including the touching tale of the old lady who grew a tree in her living room the madman who killed a boy for throwing snowballs & reveals how a million-dollar heist in Germany was cracked because a Glasgow ned stole a video recorder. & who could forget the crooked businessman who had a lie-detecting elephant in his office & a teddy bear as his advisor? Or the strange encounters with murder victims who ended up in bizarre situations
- up a tree frozen to the spot & even one taking part in a game of cards. This is an astonishing memoir from one of our top police officers sometimes shocking sometimes hilarious or macabre but always utterly fascinating.