DESERT RAT

Gangland firebombing hood flees Scotland for Morocco

- BY KRIS GOURLAY

A SCOTS gangster, who is said to have coordinated fire attacks on those linked to kingpin Mark Richardson, is hiding out in Morocco.

The thug, who fled Scotland earlier this year when fellow hoods were arrested by police, initially scarpered to Dubai with a second individual due to the pair's “longstanding feud” with Richardson.

It is understood the shootings of Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan in Fuengirola, and arrests as part of Police Scotland's Operation Portaledge, spooked them.

Now, one of the thugs has been pictured riding sand buggies and drinking at clubs. The 22-year-old, who we are not naming for legal reasons, has also been pictured with a killer from Edinburgh.