GERBIL'S EXECUTION

His murder, committed in front of horrified lunchtime shoppers at an Asda supermarket in Robroyston, Glasgow, was arguably the most public gangland hit ever carried out in Scotland.

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Shortly before 1.30pm on January 13, two masked gunmen fired 13 shots through the windscreen of Carroll's black Audi A3, hitting him in the head and chest.

Terrified mums threw themselves on top of their children in a bid to protect them from any stray bullets.

Carroll, who was trapped in the Audi's back seat, could only hold a car manual to his face in a vain effort to deflect the bullets. The attack lasted just 25 seconds and he died instantly.

The two killers then escaped in a stolen Volk-swagen Golf, dumping the guns behind a library in Coatbridge.

Carroll was at the Asda for a meeting with a local drug dealer who he had warned: “You're working for me now, anybody that doesn't fall in line is going to get banged.” The terrified man was left in no doubt that he would be shot if he didn't do what he was told.

Carroll reportedly got the Gerbil nick-name as a child from the Kevin char-acter on the popular 80s childrens TV show Roland Rat.

However, there was nothing cute or likeable about this Kevin.

Former Strathclyde Police detective David Moran, who was involved in the original Carroll murder investiga-tion, later took part in a Channel Five Documentary about the Gerbil case, which was broadcast in 2019.