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<\/p>\nKevin ‘The Gerbil’ Carroll was fatally shot 13 times in an Asda carpark in Robroyston, Glasgow, in 2010.<\/p>\n
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Kevin ‘The Gerbil’ Carroll was a man whose life and brutal death became a key moment in one of Scotland’s long-standing gangland feuds.<\/a><\/p>\n Carroll, who earned his nickname from a character in the TV puppet series Roland Rat, was at the epicentre of the bloody Daniel and Lyons crime war<\/a>, which continues to rage through the central belt.<\/p>\n The gangster was born on August 24, 1980, in Glasgow\u2019s Stobhill Hospital – with only Carroll\u2019s mother Elizabeth being named on his birth certificate.<\/a><\/p>\n Gerbil and his older brother David were initially brought up in Drumchapel before the family moved to the tough Milton estate in the north of the city<\/a> when Carroll was 10.<\/p>\n Scene of Kevin Carroll murder(Image: DAILY RECORD)<\/p>\n During his schooldays, Gerbil was reportedly bullied by Steven Lyons<\/a> and his brother Eddie Jnr who ran the local Club Boys gang out of their dad’s community centre. However, he would strike up close friendships with crime boss Jamie Daniel\u2019s sons Robert Daniel and Francis \u201cFraggle\u201d Green.<\/p>\n Carroll would be on the force\u2019s radar by the time he was in his late teens. At age 19, he was jailed for three months for a car theft before becoming a major criminal player <\/a>on the north side of Glasgow in his 20s.<\/p>\n A police source previously told the Record: “Carroll was a complete rocket. In the whole war between the Lyons and Daniel clans he was the most unpredictable element.<\/p>\n Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!<\/p>\n Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n You’ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n All you have to do is click here<\/a>, select ‘Join Community’ and you’re in!<\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose ‘exit group’.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHe heightened tensions because of the way he conducted himself and he was the one who could tip the whole thing into chaos.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no question that he was one of Scotland\u2019s most dangerous criminals and many people breathed a sigh of relief when he was killed.\u201d<\/p>\n The father-of-three, whose partner was Kelly Bo Green – the daughter of mob boss Jamie Daniel and the sister of Fraggle – was shot and injured in January 2003 a fallout over missing drugs<\/a>. The attack was just 11 days apart from when rival Johnny Lyons faced the same fate.<\/p>\n Murder victim Kevin Carroll aka The Gerbil with his girlfriend Kelly Green<\/p>\n The following year, Carroll was charged with attempting to murder<\/a> John Madden, friend of Eddie Lyons Snr, using an AK-47. However, the trial collapsed.<\/p>\n In November 2006, the headstone of Eddie Lyons Snr\u2019s son Garry, who died of leukaemia aged 8, was allegedly toppled by Carroll<\/a> using a 4×4 and a tow rope.<\/p>\n In the days following, Carroll shot Eddie Lyons Jnr and a friend in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, before a retaliation <\/a>hit was carried out a week later in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.<\/p>\n Eddie Lyons jnr and Ross Monaghan(Image: Daily Record)<\/p>\n Come 2009, Gerbil thought to be behind a series of \u201calien abductions\u201d across central Scotland – which got the name because victims<\/a> were so traumatised they told police they couldn\u2019t remember anything about their ordeal.<\/p>\n During the kidnappings<\/a>, Carroll used blowtorches, power tools and boiling water to torture victims before stealing drugs, money and weapons from them.<\/p>\n Days after shooting and injuring Eddie Lyons Jnr again, Carroll arranged a meeting at Asda car park in Robroyston to poach Lyons-linked drug dealer<\/a> Stephen Glen on January 13, 2010.<\/p>\n While Gerbil sat in the back of a black Audi A3, two masked men jumped out of a Volkswagen Golf and opened fire. Carroll\u2019s two associates had fled the vehicle leaving him trapped in the back of the three-door car.<\/p>\n He was shot<\/a> in the head and chest 13 times in a brazen assassination in front of shocked shoppers.<\/p>\n A Record source previously said: “Gerbil was meticulous in his business dealings and he planned every operation with military precision. The key to taking him out was the element of surprise.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact he turned up at the supermarket unarmed and without his bullet-proof vest proves he did not expect any trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n Eddie Lyons Jnr would later be gunned down <\/a>alongside senior Lyons clan member Ross Monaghan at a Fuengirola pub after last May\u2019s Champions League final.<\/p>\n William “Buff” Paterson, was jailed<\/a> for 22 years over the killing of Carroll. 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