Gangland figure Steven “Bonzo” Daniel tried to buy a half-million pound newbuild villa – with bulletproof glass and a secure safe room.
The hood – left disfigured after a botched machete murder plot – tried to reserve the five-bedroom detached property at a plush plot on the outskirts of Glasgow.
But the purchase was blocked at the last minute after the housebuilder’s staff raised concerns for neighbours. One of the employees felt like she had been forced from her job when she refused to deal with the gangster and has now taken the firm to an employment tribunal.
A whistleblower, who cannot be identified, told the Record: “The company were adamant they were going to sell the plot but staff felt it was not right. “They were supposed to be.
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