{"id":527935,"date":"2025-10-25T23:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/527935\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:14:14","slug":"how-the-notorious-daniel-clan-has-regained-control-of-glasgow-turf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/527935\/","title":{"rendered":"How the notorious Daniel clan has \u2018regained control\u2019 of Glasgow turf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE notorious Daniel crime mob are back in control of north Glasgow in the wake of the Monaghan and Lyons Jr murders, underworld sources have revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called D-Mob as they are known in crime circles have regained the upper hand on long-standing Lyons crew who are still reeling from the double murders.<\/p>\n<p>Steven \u2018Bonzo\u2019 Daniel, of the notorious Daniel clan \u2013 who are \u2018back in control\u2019 of north Glasgow<\/p>\n<p>Francis \u2018Fraggle\u2019 Green is heading up the network \u2013 and now wears a bulletproof vest<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the assassination of Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan in SpainCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd<\/p>\n<p>The Daniel network is said to be headed up by Francis \u2018Fraggle\u2019 Green, 43, who is said to have taken to wearing a bulletproof vest amid Scotland\u2019s ongoing gang wars.<\/p>\n<p>Fraggle is calling the shots with the help of seasoned right-hand man while high-ranking<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15354216\/steven-bonzo-daniel-malcolm-dubai-ross-mcgill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Steven \u2018Bonzo\u2019 Daniel<\/a>, 45, is content to take a back seat.<\/p>\n<p>The crew ramped up their activities after an elderly Daniel family member and a vulnerable boy were targeted by Tamo Junto hoods linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15459222\/ross-mcgill-china-fled-dubai-arrest-gang-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gang war instigator Ross \u2018Miami\u2019 McGill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An insider said: \u201cSince the killings in Spain the D-Mob have regained control of much of the north of Glasgow \u2013 and everyone knows that if you control that part then you basically control the city.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15480395\/first-hood-jailed-scotlands-gang-war-footsoldier-ross-mcgill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mcgill-gunman3-2.png\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">STREET STOOGE<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">First hood nailed over Scots gang war is footsoldier for Ross &#8216;Miami&#8217; McGill<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15459222\/ross-mcgill-china-fled-dubai-arrest-gang-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ROB-SCOTLAND-KINGPIN-P5_COMP.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">CHINESE HIDEAWAY<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Ross McGill&#8217;s location revealed as Scotland&#8217;s most wanted hood flees Dubai<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFraggle is in charge of the family and he\u2019s got a very capable right-hand man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve ordered teams onto the streets to make it known they\u2019re back in charge. It\u2019s a real show of strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBonzo might be the guy people hear about but he\u2019s not the main man and he\u2019s quite happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source added: \u201cThe Lyons haven\u2019t recovered from the Spain murders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstandably it rocked them to the core. They don\u2019t appear able to fight back and the Daniels have taken over after several years on the backfoot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claims about the shift in power come after a seven-month long revenge campaign triggered by former Union Bears ultra McGill who was calling the shots from his Dubai bolthole.<\/p>\n<p>Initially associates of Edinburgh mob boss Mark Richardson, 38, were in the firing line as a wave of firebombings and machete attacks swept across the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Violence then erupted in Glasgow where members of the Daniel crew and associates were targeted.<\/p>\n<p>We told how Bonzo\u2019s mum Annette, 63, and uncle Norman, 72, had their homes in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, torched.<\/p>\n<p>And his cousin Jamie \u2018Grinch\u2019 Daniel was apparently slashed near his flat in the city\u2019s Milton.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s understood an attack on a boy, 12, and a woman, 72, in Milton linked to the Daniels was the final straw for clans heads to launch a fightback.<\/p>\n<p>Their claimed resurgence also comes after the double murders of Lyons gang bosses Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, in Spain on May 31.<\/p>\n<p>Suspected hitman Michael Riley, of Huyton, Liverpool, was extradited from the UK last week after authorities in Spain issued an international arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Ross \u2018Miami\u2019 McGill has been waging a bitter gang war on Scotland\u2019s streets<\/p>\n<p>Associates of caged mob boss Mark Richardson were targeted in a wave of violence<\/p>\n<p>Malaga-based police chief Pedro Agudo Novo told reporters at a press conference in June: \u201cIn this case we\u2019re not talking about an independently hired killer but an internal member of the rival Daniel gang who ends up assassinating two members of an enemy gang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland have said there is \u201cno intelligence\u201d suggesting the hit was \u201corchestrated from Scotland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We also revealed the grief-stricken family of murdered Monaghan sensationally said their Daniel clan enemies were not to blame \u2013 amid suspicions a foreign crew ordered the Costa del Sol pub hit.<\/p>\n<p>The relative said in June: \u201cThe one thing people need to know is the Daniels are not behind this. There are other theories about who is behind it, but the one thing we know for sure is it\u2019s got nothing to do with the Daniels or Mark Richardson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The feud raging in Scotland kicked off in March when Gers ultra McGill, 31, claimed he was ripped off with fake cash by allies of jailed Edinburgh kingpin Richardson \u2013 an ally of the Daniel mob.<\/p>\n<p>Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were gunned down in a bar in the Costa Del Sol<\/p>\n<p>Liam McDermid was this week the first hood convicted for his role in the gang war carnageCredit: Unknown<\/p>\n<p>Cops have arrested 57 suspects as part of their Operation Portaledge crackdown including Liam McDermid, 25, of Edinburgh who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15480395\/first-hood-jailed-scotlands-gang-war-footsoldier-ross-mcgill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became the first gang war hood convicted for his role in the carnage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judge Lord Arthurson remanded him, warning he faces a \u201csubstantial\u201d jail sentence next month.<\/p>\n<p>We told how McGill, of East Kilbride, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15414381\/ross-miami-mcgills-dubai-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was arrested last month in Dubai<\/a> along with Lyons gang head Steven Lyons, 44, Stephen \u2018Jimmy\u2019 Jamieson and Steven Larwood, both 42.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more on the Scottish Sun\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/money\/15485774\/scot-shopping-centre-glasgow-hundreds-stores-sold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/newspress-collage-pmpfmakcn-1761291923068.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">UP FOR SALE<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Major Scot shopping centre near Glasgow\u00a0with hundreds of stores to be sold<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15488863\/ross-miami-mcgill-henchman-fears-revenge-attacks-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TM-10-24-McDermid_COMP.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">FOOTSOLDIER&#8217;S FEARS<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Ross &#8216;Miami&#8217; McGill&#8217;s henchman fears gang war revenge attacks in jail<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lyons, Larwood and McGill were later freed and ordered to leave the desert bolthole. <\/p>\n<p>Sources claim<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15459222\/ross-mcgill-china-fled-dubai-arrest-gang-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> McGill is hiding out in China.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gang boss Steven Lyons was arrested in Dubai last month<\/p>\n<p>Stephen \u2018Jimmy\u2019 Jamieson, left, was also nicked in Dubai. Seen here pictured with Jamie \u2018Iceman\u2019 Stevenson<\/p>\n<p>Steven Larwood was also arrested and later ordered to leave Dubai\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE notorious Daniel crime mob are back in control of north Glasgow in the wake of the Monaghan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,30,188,13737,918,4884,529,530,712,5120,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-527935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-gangsters-and-criminals","12":"tag-glasgow","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-police-scotland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-scottish-crime","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115437349992716794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}