Steven ‘Bonzo’ Daniel is believed to have returned to Glasgow in recent weeks.
Steven ‘Bonzo’ Daniel(Image: Sunday Mail)
Glasgow crime clan boss Steven ‘Bonzo’ Daniel has returned to Glasgow as underworld sources warn footsoldiers ordered to kill him are tracking his movements.The hood fled to the middle east last month after thugs working for a Dubai-based Mr Big orchestrating gang wars in Scotland firebombed his house in Bishopbriggs.Bonzo is at the top of Mr Big’s list of high-profile targets and a £100k bounty has been placed on his head. He is wanted over his links to Edinburgh mob boss Mark Richardson, who sparked a feud with Mr Big after his cronies are understood to have ripped the gangster off in a £500k drug deal.A source told the Record Bonzo has been forced to return home to protect his family and business interests after they suffered a spate of targeted attacks.The Rangers-daft hood has since been spotted at Ibrox and in Possilpark area of the city in recent weeks.
Bonzo’s home in Bishopbriggs was firebombed last month.(Image: Daily Record)
The source said: “Bonzo is home and has been for the past few weeks.”His return makes him the number one target for Mr Big’s enforcers again since he is head of the Daniel clan at the moment.”Mark Richardson is obviously up there as well, but he is inside, so Big wants Bonzo dead and his crew are desperate to claim his scalp.”Big’s henchmen, a faceless and fearless group called Tamo Junto (TMJ), are understood to be watching Bonzo’s every move as they wait for the moment to strike.
Bonzo at a Rangers game in 2023. (Image: UGC)
The source added: “They first learned he was back home when he was spotted at Ibrox at the Celtic game and then he was seen in Possilpark the following day, so they have been following him ever since.
“They know everything about his movements and haven’t ruled out going after him at a Rangers game, but attacking him at Ibrox with the amount of police there would be difficult.”Bonzo doesn’t take many risks. He apparently has a panic room in his house and he had steel bollards put in outside after a motor was rammed into it years ago.”He even enters and exits his house through his garage after he parks his car.”Scotland’s ongoing gang war appeared to have settled in recent weeks, but the feud was reignited after Bonzo and Richardson’s crews set up an Instagram page to unmask Mr Big, who the Record cannot name for legal reasons.
The account, which shared the kingpin’s passport photo, also branded him a “shitebag” and claimed he “ran away” from rivals after a chance encounter in Dubai.
The source said the page enraged Big, who reacted by ordering fresh hits on his enemies and their close associates. On Tuesday, we reported that Bonzo’s cousin Kelly ‘Bo’ Green’s home on Drumchapel Road in Glasgow was attacked in the early hours of the morning.
Kelly ‘Bo’ Green.
Kelly, 45, is the daughter of late kingpin Jamie Daniel and she is the widow of crime clam enforcer Kevin ‘the Gerbil’ Carroll who was famously shot dead in an Asda car park in Robroyston in 2010.
Last week, a property on the same street as Richardson’s family home was attacked. The house, located on Cumnor Crescent in Edinburgh, was targeted on Saturday night, with a female relative of Richardson’s understood to still reside on the street.
The extent of the damage to the property is currently unknown.Two days earlier, Tamo Junto claimed credit for targeting the plush Edinburgh home of his close pal David McMillan snr for the second time in three weeks.Hooded yobs wearing face coverings torched a luxury white Land Rover Defender in the driveway of the property after his family returned from a shopping trip.The source added: “Bonzo and Richardson’s crowd have been circulating fake stories about Mr Big in Dubai.“Mr Big is rarely seen in public because he knows the likes of the National Crime Agency will be out there watching him like a hawk.
Photos have appeared of the Dubai-based mobster
“All they are really doing is winding up Mr Big even more. Look what has happened in the last week and half since they created the fake social media page that identified him.“This is going to go on for a long time, or at least until Mr Big can start claiming heads. Grudges in the underworld last forever and don’t stop until either side is completely wiped out.”