I was absolutely flabbergasted. It was just as well I found out before going to Shotts because a double murderer had been lined up to kill me there. Last year, Sheriff Derek O’Carroll said he wanted to bring the saga to an end and insisted Stevenson, 49, appear in court. It is the latest effort by prosecutors to target the family fortune of Jamie “The Iceman” Stevenson. During the 1990s the McGovernment had mushroomed spectacularly from their Glasgow heartland to build a huge drugs empire from their humble beginnings of extortion, shoplifting and petty violence. The family flourished despite Paul serving a murder sentence and Tommy, although he walked free from a murder trial, being jailed for four years for drugs and firearms offences. Another brother Jamie was shot in the face while drinking in a local pub, leaving him badly scarred.

But, given his high profile and significance, it’s inevitable that the authorities will be careful before making any final decision.” I've got a wee dog and we sit together and have Christmas dinner. I can get sentimental, especially at Hogmanay, but can still make phone calls." One of Scotland's most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands as part of a major police operation.Police Scotland said the duo were detained over alleged drugs, serious organised crime and wilful fire-raising offences in Scotland. Read More Related Articles Fugitives usually continue offending while on the run and these men will be known in criminal circles wherever they are. Yesterday, Labour justice spokesman Lewis Macdonald said: “I’m surprised to hear this and that anyone in these circumstances should get out of jail before the halfway point of their sentence – far less so when the conviction is of someone involved in organised crime.

After Gallagher and McDowall were jailed, Stevenson suspected McDowall had been working with the authorities all along. McDowall admits he may be never be safe from reprisals, adding: "I messed up. I'm paying the price and I will be doing so for the rest of my days. His failure to identify Stevenson fatally weakened the smuggling charges against the crime boss, who was later jailed for 12 years for laundering s1million of drugs money. According to the Scottish Sun, 31-year-old Jamieson now provides muscle for crime boss Stevenson, 49, after the pair hit it off together.

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It was after this that McDowall officially began speaking to police - spelling out in incredible detail the scope of Stevenson's operation. At the time, Stevenson was said to have masterminded a cocaine and heroin empire and his crew were said to pose the highest threat of any crime gang in Scotland. He is expected to be released in 2013. McDowall said: "I genuinely wasn't looking for Stevenson at the parade.

The 3500 hours of taped calls and chats – including recordings made while he was lying low in his flat in Amsterdam – were crucial in forcing him to strike a deal to plead guilty.Many of these fugitives will be trying to blend in to the large British communities who have made their homes in Spain, and if you are resident, you may know one of them from your town or village. THE right-hand man of Scotland's most powerful crime boss Jamie "The Iceman" Stevenson can be unmasked today. It does not matter where fugitives go, we will work with partners like the Dutch National Police who’ve provided superb help, to trace and arrest them.” He and his cronies have also dined at upmarket Italian restaurant Il Pavone in Glasgow’s Princes Square shopping centre.

Crime: Wanted for wounding with intent, Jones (and a co-accused) allegedly assaulted two people by stabbing them numerous times with a knife causing serious injuries. It is believed Jones fled the UK in the immediate aftermath. There is information to show he stayed at a hotel in Madrid the night after the stabbings but left rapidly the next morning. Crime: Wanted for his alleged involvement in the supply of multi kilograms of cocaine in 2020 in which he and accomplices used encrypted handsets.James 'iceman' Stevenson, otherwise known as Jamie, is wanted over the seizure of approximately one tonne of cocaine found in an unaccompanied freight arriving at the Port of Dover in September 2020, and the production and supply of approximately 28 million etizolam "street valium" tablets that were seized following a raid on a suspected pill factory in Kent in June 2020. The Agency has been working endlessly with Police Scotland and international partners to trace Stevenson and return him to the UK. McDowall: "For him and J. He said J asked me to ask you would you be interested in bringing some guns in? And Stevenson has joined friends at various other restaurants and hotels, including Glasgow’s Hilton Garden Inn.