Glasgow's Godfather: The Astonishing Inside Story of Walter Norval, the City's First Crime Boss

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By the time Phil stepped into the witness box to give evidence, you could have heard a pin drop in the concourse of the building. Norval was only brought to justice after being betrayed by one of his most loyal lieutenants Phil Henry. Speaking to BBC Scotland as she competes in the ICW show, she said: "I missed the crux of the crimewave. I wasn't privy to that. Blue Angels stelen materiaal op bouwwerf om lokaal te isoleren Het Laatste Nieuws (8 July 2010) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 November 2022 . Retrieved 8 September 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

The vast majority of local people, like the woman and the Hedger family, were perfectly respectable and law-abiding. It’s claimed Manson then trousered thousands of pounds from the Godfather for murdering the pair. Hanlon is believed to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time after being called by Glover, who needed a lift to meet Lobban. But Janette said: “Earlier this week I watched that documentary and in it a man makes reference to Lobban and his uncle Billy Manson. Despite her turmoil, Janette says she’s happy her son’s murder will feature in a movie about his pal Ferris’s life. This was done in the mistaken belief that all the evidence due to be used against the robbers was stored there.Being a tough guy wasn't Norval's only strength - he had brains, too. With 13 men in custody, the cops began to unravel the scale of the operation. A Blue Angels member was sentenced to four months in prison in November 2015 after being convicted of assaulting his son's teacher during a parents' evening at a school in Aalst. The biker claimed the teacher was bullying his son. [22] On April 5, 1978, she left her tenement home at around 9:20am for the short walk to Willowbank Primary School where she was a pupil. But the difference with Norval was he had a lethal combination of brutality and brains, and he led squads of armed raiders who would hit hospital payrolls, wages depots and banks. In 1963 he was charged with attempted murder after stabbing a man eight times in a pub in Possilpark.

He knew, in deciding to speak out against his criminal friends, his old lifestyle was at an end and he would remain a target until the day he died. During this time, Phil had placed himself "on protection" at Barlinnie Prison. This was usually provided to sex offenders but later Phil told me about the intimidation he faced during the run-up to the trials. Marguerita - or Mags, 34, would listen to mobster Norval's stories from his time as a hood boss in Glasgow. Former bank robber Walter Norval claimed that Billy Manson – a close associate of Thompson’s – had played a key role in the murders. But the old territorialism was also still rife and new battle lines were soon drawn in the new estates.Brand in brievenbus roept vragen op bij bewoners Beversesteenweg Het Laatste Nieuws (2 February 2015) His comments attracted criticism from prison reform organisations who said the judge had put his life in danger. Devastated Janette said: “I stood at the gate and I told him (Thompson Snr) that he had to come out. But he has admitted he was the last man – apart from their killer – to see them alive. He has never denied he saw both men – who were also friends of a man we cannot name for legal reasons – shortly before they were gunned down. Instead the trial went ahead in the neighbouring South Court with supergrass Henry as the star witness.

Badly behaved biker apologises to Edinburgh sheriff as he is banned from the road Alexander Lawrie, Edinburgh Evening News (18 January 2021) Archived 1 April 2023 (Date mismatch) at archive.todayThe source added: “A man with close links to a biker gang was involved in the clear-up. They were meant to dispose of the murder weapons but sold them instead. They were recovered and ballistics matches made. Glover’s VW Golf had been taken for forensics after the kneecapping of a man on the A77 and then was being valeted so was not available. There were the Barlinnie riots and the 'faces', the old school hard men, people like Arthur Thompson, the so-called last 'Godfather'. He added: “Then the systems for monitoring people like Tervet once they were released into the community were not what they are now. He was the type of person that you don’t come across very often in your police career and definitely one to look out for. a b Bloodbath fears as violent biker gangs battle for supremacy on streets Derek Alexander and Chiara Fiorillo, Daily Mirror (19 April 2020)