Glasgow gangland war erupts behind bars as two Daniel crime clan members attacked in jail
dailyrecord.co.ukA gangland war has erupted behind bars - with two key Daniel crime clan members injured in prison attacks within a number of days.
Gangland assassin James McDonald, who is serving a life sentence for murdering Michael Lyons in an attack at one of the family's businesses, was set upon in HMP Edinburgh.The hired hitman, who is also a convicted drug dealer and received a record sentence over the Applerow Motors shootings, was targeted last month.
The attack on the 51-year-old came following a fallout with the brother-in-law of another slain hood. And just days later Robert Daniel, son of late crime boss Jamie Daniel, was also attacked in jail.That attack, at the same prison, left the 34-year-old nursing a shattered eye socket.
And underworld sources say that three lower level members of the crime clan were also beaten up behind bars in a show of force from their rivals.
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