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The Sun
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Inside notorious Scots gangster's glitzy night backstage at Oasis cosying up to Noel Gallagher & massive BBC star
GANGSTER Robert Kelbie has been snapped cosying up to Oasis stars and A-listers backstage at the Britpop legends' huge reunion gigs in Cardiff this week. The playboy Scots fraudster. 41. wore a VIP pass and a wide grin in the brazen snap shared on Instagram. 7 7 He brazenly shared pics of himself hobnobbing backstage with Noel Gallagher, Oasis guitarist Gem Archer, and former Doctor Who star Matt Smith. And in veiled dig at rivals - he posted video of himself at the gig on Instagram to the soundtrack of the Oasis hit Stay Young which includes the lyrics: 'Stay young and invincible, come what may we're unstoppable.' Kelbie, now living it up as a flashy boxing promoter, is no stranger to the high life and is a known enemy of caged cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson, 38. Richardson is currently behind bars, while his allies - including the feared Daniel Clan - are in a bloody turf war with Dubai-based Ross 'Miami' McGill and a group known as Tamo Junto. 7 7 Sources say Kelbie is revelling in the carnage ripping through his rival's empire. A rival hit out: 'Kelbie makes out that he's some sort of socialite and pals with the Gallagher brothers and most of these people won't know his past. 'He's an enemy of Mark Richardson and will be loving all the violence that's been directed towards his empire in Edinburgh. 'Kelbie and his crew swig champagne in the VIP area and try to legitimise himself by being a boxing promoter but if some of these stars Googled who they were posing for pictures with then they might think twice about it.' McGill, an ex-Rangers ultras chief, is now living in the UAE but was left raging after fake cash was used in a £500,000 drugs deal. Hundreds gather for double funeral of slain Scots gangsters Eddie Lyons Jr & Ross Monaghan He ordered blade attacks, shootings and firebombings across the Central Belt sparking a seemingly unstoppable gang feud. Kelbie - who was once filmed being floored by a rival more than a decade younger in a bareknuckle building site scrap - has links to fugitive Irish kingpin and ex-fight promoter Daniel Kinahan. He fled his home at Ratho Station, Edinburgh, in 2016 after it was blasted by Gerard Docherty, 45 — who was caged for 10½ years in 2018 alongside Richardson and other members of a £200million supergang. His appearance back stage at the Oasis gig is not the first time Kelbie has been seen in the company of the rich and famous. He's close pals with Tyson Fury, and even gave the champ, 35, a tour of Scotland last year — stopping off in trendy Edinburgh bars and taking in the sights. He's also been seen posing backstage with Noel Gallagher on other occasions. 7 7 Kelbie's celeb selfie stash also includes shots with Sir Alex Ferguson, 82, Wayne Rooney, and boxing legend Mike Tyson. His latest social media spree shows him mingling backstage as Oasis kicked off their hotly-anticipated reunion tour — but not everyone's impressed by his A-list antics. The gangster's red carpet lifestyle comes as Scotland's gangland war explodes, with two men arrested in connection with firebombings and attempted murder. The busts bring the total arrests to 52 as cops ramp up their crackdown on the on the escalating gang feud across the central belt. In a feared revenge for the gang war focusing on the Daniel and Richardson empires, the execution of two members of the rival Lyons group of hoods was ordered in Spain. Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were shot dead as they watched the Champions League final in Monaghan's Irish Bar in the resort of Fuengirola. We told how hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday for their double funeral. Lyons, 46, and Monaghan, 43, were laid to rest by loved-ones in a joint ceremony just over one month after they were gunned down. The solemn occasion comes days after we revealed authorities in Spain handed over the pair's bodies to relatives to be repatriated to Scotland. More than 500 friends, family and underworld figures gathered at Bishopbriggs Crematorium in north Glasgow to show respect to Monaghan and Lyons Jnr - son of Godfather Eddie, 67, and brother of Dubai-based mob boss Steven Lyons, 44.
The Sun
04-06-2025
- The Sun
Family of murdered Lyons kingpin Ross Monaghan say notorious rivals DIDN'T order executions
THE grief-stricken family of murdered Lyons gang kingpin Ross Monaghan last night sensationally said their Daniel clan enemies are not to blame. We can reveal the bitter Glasgow rivals have put their own conflict on hold amid suspicions a foreign crew ordered the Costa del Sol pub hit on hoods Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46. 3 3 3 The relative said: 'The one thing people need to know is the Daniels are not behind this. "There are other theories about who is behind it, but the one thing we know for sure is it's got nothing to do with the Daniels or Mark Richardson.' The relative also insisted that despite leading lives of crime, both victims were much-loved family men. Tragically, Eddie Lyons Jnr's death came just weeks after his teenage daughter passed away from illness. The relative added: 'Ross obviously did what he did and the family accept that, but people have been saying some very horrible things. 'They have to remember Ross was a father and a son. Eddie had only just buried his daughter and so you can imagine this has hit everyone extremely hard — none more so than his brother Steven Lyons who is extremely upset.' The Lyons and Daniels have been at war for decades, with both sides involved in sickening violence. We told yesterday how the under-siege Daniels are said to have set aside £500,000 to deal with potential revenge attacks amid fears they would be wrongly blamed for the killings. A source said: 'Neither side can take the moral high ground but for once there is genuine shock at what's happened in Spain on both sides. 'The last thing the Lyons and the Daniels need is more bloodshed, so it's easy to see why they want to make it clear that these murders are the work of another crime gang operating outside Scotland.' Spanish cops are continuing to hunt the gunman who struck in Fuengirola on Saturday. Police Scotland has also ruled out claims the assassinations were plotted by warring mobsters here.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Dubai-based crime lord 'wreaking havoc' on Edinburgh unmasked by rivals
A Dubai-based kingpin who is understood to be ruling over the 'havoc' across Edinburgh has been unmasked by gangland rivals. Sources have said the violence in the country, which began in Edinburgh and spread to Glasgow, could reach 'a whole new level'. This comes after he was unmasked on an Instagram account, reports the Daily Record. The page, which is understood to be run by associates of mob boss Mark Richardson, shared his passport photo with another image. READ MORE: West Lothian student hands in dissertation and is told 'college is shutting down' READ MORE: Tragedy as West Lothian woman dies with police urging locals 'avoid the area' It comes as enemies claim Big "ran away screaming" after a chance encounter on a street in the United Arab Emirates city. But close associates of the Dubai player say mocking him is a dangerous error and he will retaliate with the force of his army behind him. One said: "Richardson's mob and the Daniel clan crossed the line this week by creating a social media account to picture and mock Mr Big. "The chat about him running away from their associates in Dubai isn't true at all. He was walking down the street on his way to meet a pal in a pub when he noticed three guys he doesn't get on with, but it is unrelated to the gang feud in Scotland. "Big ran into the pub to get his pal and they all stood outside the bar arguing for about 20 minutes, but nothing serious happened. The Scotland-based gangsters have heard about this and now they're trying to take credit because they haven't been able to retaliate against his attacks on them so far. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox "But there are hundreds of people behind Mr Big and mocking him will take this war to a new level." Photos on the account, which the Record has to blur for legal reasons, show Mr Big in a grainy passport shot, captioned: "Biggest sh**ebag out there. Wait till the lads get you." A second image showing the hood wearing sunglasses reads: "Remember the heat you've brought on all the other people in Dubai cause you're a sh**ebag." A third post, accompanied with laughing face emojis, says: "Biggest sh**ebag out there with money. Were you not screaming for your life last week and running away?" Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Mr Big's enforcers, a faceless and frightening group going by the name of Tamo Junto (TMJ), have carried out a serious of firebombings and other vicious attacks on homes, businesses and cars linked to both the Edinburgh and Glasgow clans runs by Richardson and Daniels in a row over drugs that erupted two months ago. Two posts on the Instagram page, threatening to strike back, read: "Karma is a b***h" and "I don't like to call it revenge, returning the favour sounds nicer." But so far, both mob bosses in Scotland have been helpless to defend themselves as Big wages his violent war across both cities destroying their assets and their empires. TMJ regularly share videos of their hits, showing infernos and shootings, as they vow to "exterminate the Richardson and Daniel viruses".
