Episode 1066: A 20 year feud of Scotland's warring crime families (Part Two)
A double murder at an Irish bar on the Costa Del Sol as Scotland's warring crime families up the ante in a long-running feud.
But how did the dispute between the Daniels and Lyons clans begin and how have each side aligned themselves to Irish mobs?
In part two of our special report on the 20 year feud we are talking to Richard Elias, Deputy Editor of the Scottish Daily Express about deepening tensions in Scotland and how they spilled out onto the Costa Del Crime.
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