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

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This had left him in a distressed state and he then claimed he was standing in the street, crying, when Andrea, on her way to school, stopped and asked him what the matter was. The Blue Angels began associating with motorcycle clubs in England during the 1970s, forming an alliance with the Road Rats of London, and rivaling the English Hells Angels; Scotland remains one of the few countries in Europe without a Hells Angels chapter. All combined to create the infamous caricature of the Glasgow gangster, one that for decades defined this city and its people. It’s alleged Thompson denied any involvement and offered to send Janette on a cruise with his wife Rita. The first car would be left in a remote location like an underpass to cause confusion for officers who were in pursuit.Man guilty of rival bike club attack in Moray jailed BBC (15 April 2020) "Man guilty of attack on rival bike club members in Moray". He was brought directly into the court away from the other prisoners and marched between two police officers. The Blue Angels emerged from Glasgow's gang culture of the era, which saw various groups fighting over control of the city's rackets. Retired Detective Inspector Donald McKinnon was an "Untouchable" when he was a constable and he worked with four officers and a sergeant. It was a huge disappointment to decent people who moved with dreams of a better, peaceful life, when the street warfare and fear followed them.

In the 1960s, the most senior of Glasgow's gangs began organising protection rackets, shebeens and prostitution rings, and battled for control over such operations. So the Crown decided to tag all of the accused with a particular letter to ensure they could receive a fair trial individually. From the club's inception in the 1960s, the Blue Angels were involved in clashes with mods and Glasgow street gangs.On June 16, the baby-faced suspect appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he admitted the murder and rape of little Andrea. The turf wars that followed in the 1990s are remembered in an image of a young girl crying in front of smoking tower blocks, and Faces takes us right up to today, to shots of killers and hard men who are still alive. Janette Hanlon broke her 22- year silence to relive the clash with Thompson — known as the Godfather — following the gangland hit on her boy Joseph, 23, and his friend Bobby Glover, 31. On the day of the murder he claimed he had argued with his 15-year-old girlfriend who was expecting his baby. He kept his foot soldiers in line with threats of violence, organised various fighting factions in the city into a single gang, and pulled off a series of successful robberies, all of which he meticulously planned “with the attention to detail of military general.

He was put under pressure to hide the amphetamine for a few days and put it in the flat unknown to his co-accused,'' he said. Though the Crown thought they had good inside information on how the gang worked, Norval had kept everything tight. Blue Angels threatened Mongrel Mob member in Leeds biker club feud Tony Gardner, Yorkshire Evening Post (30 January 2019) "Archived copy".

Moray attempted murder trial hears of discovery in car BBC (20 January 2020) "Moray attempted murder trial hears of discovery in car". On the day of his funeral Norvals' coffin was taken into Maryhill Crematorium by members of the Blue Angels bikers gang. The Blue Angels Motorcycle Club ( BAMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle gang formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1963. He admitted all the charges he was facing and started to outline his evidence against his former gang. A popular man in jail, he often organised concerts for the cons' entertainment and was never slow to get up on the stage himself.