McDonald and Anderson
Two Glasgow gangsters have lost an appeal against their convictions.The pair were given the longest jail terms in Scottish legal history for killing a man who was a blood relative of the Lyons Crime Family. Reports BBC news.
Raymond Anderson and James McDonald shot mechanic Michael Lyons, at Applerow Motors in Lambhill in 2006.
Two other men, one of them the victim’s cousin, were wounded in the attack.
The appeal court judges decided there had been no misdirection of the jury. The killers are also appealing the length of their 35-year jail sentences.
The murder trial in 2008 heard that Anderson, 48, and 37-year-old McDonald, masked and carrying handguns, walked into the Applerow Motors garage and shot three people.
Michael Lyons, the 21-year-old nephew of crime boss Edward Lyons, died in the attack.
His cousin Steven Lyons was shot in the leg as he tried to flee and friend Robert Pickett was hit three times.
Anderson and McDonald had denied the crimes but were found guilty by a majority verdict. To read the rest click Here
