Glasgow's Godfather: The Astonishing Inside Story of Walter Norval, the City's First Crime Boss

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Yesterday his daughters Rita, 64, Evelyn, 60, Anne-Marie, 58, Marlene, 50, Jacqueline, 45, and Linda-Ann, 44, and granddaughter ­Marguerita, 30, all wore identical red outfits for the humanist service. Norval, from Possil, started his criminal career as a boy in the 1940s and 50s running errands for Glasgow’s top gangsters. Norval always claimed that money he stole also went to local people struggling to pay the rent or electricity bill and no one was hurt in the hold up's. He had a fearsome reputation, an old fashioned code and an iron fist and soon set about exploiting all the old loyalties. Finally, and crucially, we had a statement identifying a car linked with Walter Norval that had been seen after a robbery. He had 11 previous convictions and it was the theft of some lead from a house in Ashley Street which had brought him to the attention of the police.

So the Crown decided to tag all of the accused with a particular letter to ensure they could receive a fair trial individually. READ MORE: Frank McPhie murder: Cops appeal 20 years on after sniper shot gangster in head in Maryhill Mr Pearson says that he and other detectives tasked with bringing Norval to justice were permanently armed for their own protection.But he has admitted he was the last man – apart from their killer – to see them alive. He has never denied he saw both men – who were also friends of a man we cannot name for legal reasons – shortly before they were gunned down. She knew he blamed them and the man for his son’s murder and she wanted to hear the truth from the crime boss. Tereza Kuldova and Martín Sánchez-Jankowski (25 April 2018). Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Street Gangs: Scheming Legality, Resisting Criminalization. ISBN 9783319761190. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022 . Retrieved 1 December 2022. But more trouble was brewing and the atmosphere in the underworld was tense. Thompson’s son, Arthur “Fat Boy” Junior, had just been murdered weeks before.

In the 60s when tenants from former slums were moved to the new Glasgow "utopias" in schemes such as Easterhouse, Castlemilk and Drumchapel, gangs were split up but the former members simply formed new teams. Brand in brievenbus roept vragen op bij bewoners Beversesteenweg Het Laatste Nieuws (2 February 2015) Bobby Glover thought he was going to a meeting but ended up being executed (Image: Unknown) Read More Related ArticlesNorval said: "When I went into prison in the early 60s, there were wee gangs of hooligans that wanted to fight but when I came out in 1967, the place had changed, they were starting to thieve. Norval and eight associates were arrested. Some of the accused involved in earlier trials also faced charges relating to the later cases.

That was where Norval, who was vehemently anti drugs, drew the line. It was time to finally go straight. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Because of the massive media interest, there was a real danger that a jury would be aware of decisions or evidence given in earlier trials. HE was known as ­Glasgow’s Godfather – the criminal mastermind behind a gang who plundered cash from targets in the city.The night before the first trial was due to start the north court of the High Court in Glasgow was set on fire. Actor and musician Charlie Allan was hospitalised after he was allegedly beaten outside a hotel in Stirling in June 2012 by two members of the Blue Angels who accused him of assisting the Outlaws in founding a chapter in Dundee the previous year. The Blue Angels were involved in an effort to stop the Outlaws recruiting in Scotland at the time. [31] BBC Scotland's newest competition show Rogue to Wrestler stars the granddaughter of a notorious Glasgow gangster. She said: “That was a load of rubbish. Young Arthur was just a boy desperately trying to step into the shoes of his father. In pictures: Glasgow Godfather Walter Norval laid to rest by his daughters and Blue Angels biker club Keith McLeod, Daily Record (29 August 2014) Archived 22 August 2023 at archive.today