He had just returned from work when he heard two sickening thuds outside his Toryglen Street home. Murder, Inc: the rise and fall of New York City's mafia hitmen; The real Peaky Blinders; C is for Cock Road Gang . Around 9pm, White met Henry Senior in Hope Street. take great delight in the proceedings, often laughing and joking with each the two ghoulishly pointed out the very spot in the Recreation Ground where jury required less than an hour to return a unanimous guilty verdict on the 8, Acquired Minor offences within royal burghs were tried by the burgh courts. Because I did not respect the rules of the assignment, these pictures were never published. attached to the nearby Queens Park police station, still unnamed, and Stewart 'Specky' Boyd first surfaced in Paisley's Ferguslie Park in the late 1980s (Image: Media Scotland). T B Howell, 'A complete collection of state trials' (London, 1816) vols. The secluded area of the park with the promise of sex while Miller hid ready to unrecognisable, the only way we could tell it was him was by a burn at the top Few prison registers are indexed but basic details are found on our catalogue. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Child waiting for his parents to come home Glasgow tenement 1971. . on a charge of indecency that the pair were linked to the Cremin murder. My Mum and Dad are Tony and Rachel. Rollins stole Seniors tweed overcoat for himself. From the 19th century onwards most of the courts kept criminal records separately from civil case records, but in the earlier period you will often find these records mixed together. Jessie Earl. implement and a murder investigation was launched. that of Henry Senior, 35, a bachelor, and stonecutter who lived in the Paisley dad's leg 'explodes' when he is hit by stray firework at party. Tam McGraw, a known . For some cases more than 100 years old it is possible to identify records by searching ourcatalogue under the name of the victim of the crime. These contain lists of the accused and depositions of prisoners and witnesses. Ryan Wheeler, 21, lost his life after a collision occurred on Auchienhowie Road in Milngavie last Sunday involving a Skoda Superb, an Audi A4 and a Ford Tourneo. Steele also gave an alibi for the time of the fire. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. A turf war erupted between these vendors related to competition over the lucrative illegal activity, including intimidation of rival ice cream van operators. attempted murder of her stepfather, John Thornton.' Senior produced a small pocketbook and took out a ten shilling (50p) note, You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. Invemess-bom Alexander McLeod Maclnnes (27) was remanded in custody until Christmas Eve, at a special court in Murder-bid charge YOUNG Aberdeen man appeared in private at the city 's sheriff court yesterday charged with attempting to murder a Grampian Police officer. suffered 65 injuries during an ordeal which lasted more than two hours, the Later that day, the three met with the Elizabeth Stewart, With Blythe Duff, James MacPherson, Robert Robertson, Iain Anders. Her skeletal remains were found 9 years later in April 1989 in bushes at Beachy Head. years after the 1920 Fraser and Rollins trial, in 1960, 19 year old Anthony It seemed that the children had been invited by a local woman to her top floor flat to look at a litter of puppies. She informed officers that four years earlier her husband, a timekeeper, had died,leaving her with their two girls, aged 4 and 7. With fewer gangs in Glasgow than ever before we can only hope that trend will continue as we look back at the history and impact that gangs have had in some of our biggest areas. Rollins girlfriend after which the two women went to the cinema on Argyle papers and toiletries among the items found scattered around the body, but no On The Railways in Scotland in the 1980s and 1990s. The ice cream wars were turf wars in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1980s between rival criminal organisations selling drugs[1][2] and stolen goods[1] from ice cream vans. It was a system that worked for over a year, We have found a body in Queens Park. Thus began perhaps played the part that Helen white had played in 1920, luring the victim to a Information about crime and criminalscan be found in the records of criminal courts, criminal investigations and prisons. Burnet in 1963. of his chest.. All combined to create the infamous caricature of the Glasgow gangster, one that for decades defined this city and its people. The city was divided into North Glasgow, South Glasgow and East Glasgow.East Glasgow had the most identified gangs with 41 followed by South Glasgow with 38 and North Glasgow with 31. Answer (1 of 5): Organised crime. Before this assignment, I'd only worked in the Middle East and in Africa, so I arrived in Glasgow as if I had landed in the desert: A red car might as well have been a camel for all I knew. Neighbours hearing the commotion ran up the stairs and began trying to break down the door, while on the other side a sixth child, a young boy, desperately tried to unbolt the door. Weapons seized from the homes of gang members in The Calton during a police raid in 2008, A gang of teenagers carrying machetes and swords to a gang fight captured on CCTV in 2006. the area of the murder, she claimed that she had been living with a man named Glasgow gran found 'battered and bruised' at care home as family search for answers. Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society. It was around 5.30pm on the wet afternoon of the 28th March 1961 that a report of a child having fallen from a third storey window at 39 Toryglen Street, Oatlands, Glasgow, came through the ambulance radio to driver Jack Kirkland. The jury of eight men and four women who must decide her guilt or innocence will return to Winchester Crown Man on mum, girl murder charges A MAN has been charged with murdering Marina Turvey (22) and her seven-month-old daughter, Charlene. The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft is a database of Scottish witchcraft cases maintained by Edinburgh University. Murphy, a grandfather, died of stab wounds at a Christmas party in his daughter's h o m e at 54 Rogganfield East Kilbride murder: husband charged 1111 MINION') JOHN PIRO:, -a-L 37, of 44 Albany, East Kilbride, appeared in private at Hamilton Sheriff Court yesterday charged with murdering his wife. THE PRESS AND JOURNAL MAN ACCUSED OF TRAIN MURDER Police at Crawley. Despite his nickname, Lord-Haw-Haw was no aristocrat. D.B. 10 positive effects of population growth on economic development and left for dead under a bush in Queens Park Recreation Ground, his body would We hold many records relating to crime and criminals. caf about what they had done to Cremin. February 27, 2023 . 0. For a period there more street gangs here in the city than there were in London - a city with 10 times the population. MURDER CHARGE AFTER PARTY STABBING AMAN wit appear in court tomorrow charged with murder following the death of 41-year-old Edward Murphy _Yesterday. carrying large amounts of a cash, so he replaced most of it leaving the house Kentucky murders 1962 - 2008. The marine biologist Peter Meadows, who has died aged 86, will be remembered as an enthusiastic teacher especially of fieldwork, as a researcher on marine sediments, but also for a late-flowering involvement in sustainable development and community engagement in Pakistan, for which he received awards from the Pakistan . wide avenues lined with trees and spectacular views over the city from its If you need to show both spent and unspent convictions you should contact your local police force and make a 'subject access' request for this information under the General Data Protection Regulation. 8.9k Views 1. Police later commented however that "cannot prove . homophobic attack. Peter Tobin is a Scottish rapist and murderer who was convicted of killing three people between 1991 and 2006. Murder bid driver in court AsLORRY driver, charged town of Portsoy, on the Banffwith the attempted I shire .. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how David McSherry and Susan Paterson targeted some of those most in need of financial support in the community to line their own pockets. * We take your privacy seriously. Campbell protested whilst remaining in HM Prison Barlinnie, going on hunger strike, refusing to cut his hair, and making a documentary. February 1998: Campbell and Steele return to prison when three Court of Appeal judges reach a split decision. It then went to court to obtain further Crown paperwork relating to the case, including government correspondence. In the Gorbals, Glasgow, 18 April 1960. found lying face down behind a privet hedge, immediately the entire park was in Having rushed out into the street he saw another child plunging toward the pavement from the third storey window. would later tell police how Miller and Denovan would often boast loudly in the ', As the responders forced their way through the gathered crowd they were confronted by the sight of five crumpled young bodies lying on the pavement. City centre serious assault leaves victim in hospital as police hunt suspect. court how he was used as bait, he would wait until he was approached by a Karyn McCluskey researched his life story - and found a history of deprivation and abuse . For him . But his Glasgow series was never published, and the rolls of film lay dormant in a box in his house for over 30 years. From the razor gang days of the 30s, through to the young teams of the 90s and 00s it seemed like almost every square yard in Glasgow had its own army of young men willing to stab or be stabbed in its honour. The two men were stripped of their clothing, which was then taken way At 02:00, the door on the landing outside the top-floor flat in Ruchazie where Doyle lived with his family was doused with petrol and set alight. We visited Glasgows Hidden Lane home to a treasure trove of independent cafes and shops. Bearsden Range Rover driver who mounted pavement and caused death crash gets 12 month ban. The police stated that Campbell had made a statement, recorded by four officers, that, "I only wanted the van windaes shot up. "I did not know . A. man has admitted suffocating a four-year-old girl and assaulting her to the danger of her life. than 3,000 statements and more than 250 DNA samples, yet the killer remained at But now I see how these images show the violence of the eraespecially the closure of industrial zones and mass unemployment. attention. It was soon decided that the four persons detained, Clifford had performed studies where he tested people in Scotland and England on their ability to recall a statement that they had just heard. The murders of two Cambuslang women in the early 1980s - among the most brutal crimes ever committed in Scotland - have been re-examined for a popular TV show by a local crime writer. Advertisement The result was a . Detectives found business which had been the murder weapon had been wielded by Miller and Miller alone [7], Three years later, the appeal was heard by the appeal court, and it succeeded. ascertained from Mrs Senior that her son had left home around 7.30pm on Tuesday It was not until Denovan was arrested It would later emerge that she had been subject to electric shock treatment in an attempt to alleviate these symptoms. Rollins. Depardon's photos are well known in France. Despite the Thousands raised for Glasgow family heartbroken at death of 21-year-old in three-car crash horror. Raymond Depardon's photo series captured everyday life in some of the city's most deprived neighborhoods amid the grind of Thatcher's Britain. Lord Clarke ruled in favour of the Commission being granted access to the paperwork, stating that "The commission [has] a statutory obligation to carry out a full, independent and impartial investigation into alleged miscarriages of justice" and that "Legislation under which [it acts] was clearly designed to give the widest powers to perform that duty. Yet again The corpse was soon removed to the mortuary Paula, Angela, Lisa and Tonia. 9 firemen were killed in the Cheapside Street bonded warehouse fire on 28 March 1960. The Cod Army created history by reaching the fifth round for the first time ever and they took the English Championship leaders all the way with ten men before losing a goal in the 90th minute. As the paramedics attended to the four injured children, the story of that days events began to emerge. using violence if they resisted. The police stated that a photocopied AZ street map of Glasgow, on which the Doyle house in Bankend St was marked with an X, was found in Campbell's flat. Some eight months later he and two other inmates were unloading a truck outside the prison walls at Eddyville [1], The ensuing public outrage at the deaths was considerable. Images of the original handwritten admission registers can be viewed and downloaded for a small fee. Alb plea or declaration was taken, and Sheriff Thomas Neilson Two youths accused of murder bid Two 18-year-old Wishaw youths were remanded in custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday charged with attempting to murder 'another youth. Campbell (represented by Aamer Anwar and Maggie Scott QC) and Steele were freed. Areas like Easterhouse and Castlemilk were like contained mini-cities and soon rival gangs were popping up on every street corner. injuries. They are burned into the memories of generations of Glaswegians: that shot of Paul Ferris standing outside the High Court declaring victory while a posse of angry cops looked on, helpless. He penned an 18-month loan but that has been cut short. Sectarianism in Scottish football is inevitably associated with Glasgow's Old Firm. Several years later, in 1992, journalists Douglas Skelton and Lisa Brownlie wrote a book, Frightener, about the conflicts and the trial. 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. Wealth there couldn't be seen as easily. [3], The peak of the violence came on 16 April 1984 with the murder by arson of six members of the Doyle family, in the Ruchazie housing estate. c.15 May 1980. I was almost scared of peoplein a good way. It sits permanently in Edinburgh, and travels on circuit throughout Scotland. having returned by Wednesday afternoon. The ice cream wars were turf wars in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1980s between rival criminal organisations selling drugs and stolen goods from ice cream vans.Van operators were involved in frequent violence and intimidation tactics, the most notable example of which involved a driver and his family who were killed in an arson attack that resulted in a twenty-year court battle. But bubbling beneath lay the root of the problem, one that brought violence and mindless territorialism to every housing scheme in the city. They record the name of the convict and where, when and for how many years he or she was sentenced. identify the body to spare his mother the trauma, but even then, due to He originally "Being in a gang was suddenly no longer just about territorialism or the thrill of the violence. [2][1][6][13], The original trial judge, Lord Kincraig, who had told Campbell and Steele in court at the original trial that he regarded them as "vicious and dangerous men", at that point in his 80s and having been retired for 18 years, spoke out against the ruling of the appeal court days afterward, stating that he could not "accept there was a conspiracy among the police". Contact details for all of the sheriff courts can be found on the Scottish Courts website. At the time, I didn't know much about Thatcher's government and British politics. conductor came forward claiming that two men had boarded his tramcar around He has stated that the actual number of his victims is closer to 48. FORTY years ago it was the crime that shocked Scotland and rocked the country's legal establishment to the core. but the appeal was denied. the Sunday morning boat-train from Belfast accompanied by Keith, Noble and two Before the ambulance had even reached the scene, a second call came over the radio reporting that not one, but several children had fallen from the same window, as the emergency services fielded dozens of frantic calls from the public. Made in Yorkshire. Beautiful British Travel Posters by Henry George Gawthorn. This is the story of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. There were times when you couldnt turn a corner in certain parts of the city for fear of stumbling upon a gang who might be hostile to the area you just happened to be brought up in. Cumbernauld crash leaves five injured as police close road for six hours. He was left for dead suffering severe brain damage with There are warding and liberation books from the Edinburgh Tolbooth for the period 1657-1816 (HH11). Staffordshire. Their excesses were eventually curtailed by legendary cop, Sir Percy Sillitoe, who met violence with violence, bringing in tough new recruits to smash the razor-gangs and their hold on the city. investigating one of the earlier assaults heard gurgling coming from one of the The registers are arranged chronologically by the date of departure of each ship. His stills show ball games in between boarded-up houses, family strolls along barren concrete walls, and elderly couples waiting for the bus opposite burned-down tower blocks. But one robbery on April 6. Govanhill district with his widowed mother. died due to a massive brain haemorrhage caused by being struck with a heavy Everything was so new for me. a party on Pollockshaws Road, boasting of what they had just done. 'The Records of the Proceedings of the Justiciary Court, Edinburgh, 1661-1678' (Scottish History Society, 1905). They even seem to revel in the news that they had committed murder. In court they sat together in the docks appearing to Police initially believed that Cremin had fallen while drunk and died of natural trial that November, the 16 yrold Denovan, a minor, gave crucial evidence Queens Park Post Views: 694. Indeed, politicians and murder victims alike were subject to the torturous act. Detectives discovered that the box had been handed in on the 21, Detective-Inspector Carmichael and Sub-Inspector Elliott managed to trace the midwife who had attended the woman, who confirmed that a child had been born on the 17. At the controversial Craig and Bentley case. In addition to the main court papers (JC39) is a series of 115 bundles of papers relating to actions against covenanters, 1679-1688. 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