Police ScotlandSix people have been put in jail For a series of violent Gangaland attacks in which the murders were attempted and set fire to the prison officials.
Michael Heips, John Murray, Lee Ridgway, Dell Bold, Demian Mulen and Ryan McGawn targeted several victims in and around Edinburgh at the end of 2022 and in the beginning of 2023.
One attack left a man “hanging” with his hand, while the other left the victim in deep care.
In a sentence sentenced in Glasgow, Heps was given 23 years, Murray was sentenced to 17 years, Ridway got 22 years, Buld was ordered to serve 17 years, Mulen was given 14 years and McGawn was eight years jailed.
He was found guilty of several crimes including murder, willful fire-raising and attempt to spoil the curriculum of justice in the High Court in Glasgow last month.
The allegation was stated that it was a relationship with serious organized crime, but the increase was removed by the prosecutors at the end of the evidence.
Judge, Lord Mulholland, however, said that men were found guilty of “out-of-control gangsterism”.
Hand ‘almost separated’
In December 2022, the first victim of the group was attacked at the Midlothian’s Bilston when the gang attacked his car and broke him with a blade weapons.
He told a 999 call that he had tried to “cut it”.
Another man was targeted on 5 January 2023 by a match-fielding attacker near his home in Pilton, Edinburgh.
The man tried to close the attacker after pulling in a car and started beating him with weapons.
His hand in the attack was almost completely separated, after which he was taken to the hospital and spent 12 hours in surgery.
The man said that he felt that he was “dying at the door”.
Another person was targeted in “High Speed Chase” between Edinburgh and Dalketh.
He was excluded from the road and his car penetrated into a wall. The man was left with a “large gap wound” when he was killed with Macches.
After several tasks, he was intimidated to life and physically affected by the incident.
On 7 January, 2023, Six cars related to employees in HMP Addiivell at West Lothian Late night on fire.
Later that month, one of the gang victims was ambushed by ambush by masked attackers in the Farnihil region of Edinburgh.
His injuries were so serious that he ended in deep care and coma.
The court heard that all six people had criminal past.
They were caught thanks to CCTV and forensic evidence, as well as branding a handwritten note a potential witness “a grass”.
The 33 -year -old McGawn, Argyll and Bute and Dublin, fled to Scotland via Campbeltown.
He was extradited back to Scotland before going to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and United Arab Emirates before going to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and United Arab Emirates.
He was found guilty with Heps, Redway and Mulen to join Blaze in Adivale.
Heps, 34, was convicted of three allegations, including three murders.
The 33 -year -old Ridway was involved in three murders and was convicted on a total of eight charges.
26 -year -old Mulane was convicted of a count of attempt to murder with a car fire.
The 33 -year -old Buld was involved in two violent attacks.
25 -year -old Murray was convicted of five allegations, including two murders.
‘High price to pay’
Lord Mulholland stated that men’s sentences were designed to reflect the severity of their crimes.
While sentencing, he said to him: “The courts and the public will not keep such control with gangsterism.
“The sentence I impose aims to punish you and someone else and who is considering engaging in this behavior.
“Messages to the public for those who can contemplate or follow you, ‘No, because there will be a lot of price to pay’.
DET SUPT PAUL Graeringer said the level of violence used by the group was “completely unacceptable”.
He said: “Although all these were targeted attacks, the people involved did not show any relation for the affected communities.
“These events could have very serious consequences and this behavior would not be tolerated.”
