Desperate for a kill

Mr Big offers £100k to murder gangland rival | Notorious clan members in crosshairs

- JOHNPAUL CLARK

THE Dubai-based "Mr Big" orchestrating a gang war in Scotland is "desperate to kill" and is offering a £100,000 bounty for the first murder of his rivals.

An underworld source says the hood, who has masterminded a series of attacks in recent weeks and is believed to be a former Rangers ultra, is "livid" nobody has been killed during the current crime war.

His hit-list includes some of the most feared crime clan members in the country, including the families and closest associates of arch enemies Mark Richardson and Steven "Bonzo" Daniel.

Mr Big's enforcers, a faceless group going by the name of Tamo Junto, announced last weekend they were moving on to "phase two" in their vendetta against the Edinburgh and Glasgow kingpins.

The source has now warned attacks will escalate from firebombs intended to damage businesses and properties linked to the pair as Mr Big calls for "direct violence".

Speaking to the Record, the source said: "Phase two in this feud is going to be about direct violence and nothing else.

"Mr Big is desperate to kill someone from the Richardson and Daniel mobs, and is livid it hasn't happened yet. The firebombing campaign was just a way to hurt them financially - but he wants blood now.

"His main Edinburgh targets are Richardson, his brother Dale and his right-hand man David Togher.