{"id":39591,"date":"2025-04-21T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39591\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T23:43:13","slug":"jail-enforcer-once-dubbed-scotlands-most-dangerous-teen-battered-behind-bars-in-fresh-gang-war-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39591\/","title":{"rendered":"Jail enforcer once dubbed \u2018Scotland\u2019s most dangerous teen\u2019 battered behind bars in fresh gang war attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A JAIL enforcer for cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson has been battered behind bars in another targeted attack on his empire.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Cornelius, 35, once branded Scotland\u2019s most dangerous teenager, was taken to hospital after being jumped at HMP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A handcuffed man being led from court.\" height=\"960\" width=\"667\" data-credit=\"Perthshire Picture Agency\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/perthshire-picture-agency-tel-01738-4256850.jpg\" data-caption=\"Darren Cornelius was once branded Scotland\u2019s most dangerous teenager\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/perthshire-picture-agency-tel-01738-4256850.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Darren Cornelius was once branded Scotland\u2019s most dangerous teenagerCredit: Perthshire Picture Agency<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HMP Edinburgh entrance with Scottish flag.\" height=\"692\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whjw7r-front-entrance-hmp-edinburgh-647188202.jpg\" data-caption=\"The 35-year-old was taken to hospital after being jumped at HMP Edinburgh last week\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whjw7r-front-entrance-hmp-edinburgh-647188202.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old was taken to hospital after being jumped at HMP Edinburgh last weekCredit: Alamy<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police escorting Mark Richardson in handcuffs.\" height=\"960\" width=\"609\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/07ad2d51-cd0c-4c39-bddb-94cfca6dc92c.jpg\" data-caption=\"The jail enforcer for cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson was battered behind bars\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/07ad2d51-cd0c-4c39-bddb-94cfca6dc92c.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The jail enforcer for cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson was battered behind bars<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/14625847\/scotlands-gang-war-guide-daniel-lyons-richardson\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gangland turf war<\/a> that has seen firebombings, shootings and knife assaults across the central belt.<\/p>\n<p>Associates of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glasgow<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Daniel crime family have been targeted along with allies of jailed Edinburgh mobster Richardson, 38.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An insider said: \u201cRichardson\u2019s associates are getting attacked one by one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven violent lunatics like Cornelius aren\u2019t safe \u2014 not even behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lags who attacked Cornelius are understood to have assaulted another Daniel clan crony last year.<\/p>\n<p>Lifer James McDonald, 52, who killed underworld rival Michael Lyons, 21, in Lambhill, Glasgow, in 2006, was also set upon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cornelius was first caged aged 11 for stabbing a schoolgirl in 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richardson is said to have approved of Cornelius slashing hitman Marcello Pacitti in prison in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that made Cornelius a target for Glasgow\u2019s Lyons mob.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our source added: \u201cCornelius got slashed last year in Glasgow\u2019s Barlinnie jail. That was funded by the Lyons in response to stuff he\u2019d done for Richardson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOWNFALL of Scotland&#8217;s biggest gangster &#8211; Jamie &#8216;The Iceman&#8217; Stevenson Part Two<\/p>\n<p>Cornelius was given life for a random knifing in Edinburgh in 2007.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had ten years added for wounding Pacitti.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In December he got another 16 months for a blade attack on two warders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police<\/a> said: \u201cLast Wednesday, we received a report of an assault at HMP Saughton. 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