POINTING THE FINGER

McGill's mobsters blame rival Scottish gangster for Monaghan/Lyons execution. | Tamo Junto put word out and claim audacity of attack has shocked the underworld.

- JOHN-PAUL CLARK, RYAN CARROLL

MOBSTERS working for Dubai-based Mr Big Ross McGill have blamed a rival Scots gangster for the brutal executions of two senior Lyons clan members.

McGill's out-of-control gang Tamo Junto (TMJ) have named an individual gangland kingpin they say orchestrated the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr near Malaga last weekend.

The key lieutenants were assassinated outside Monaghan's bar in Fuengirola on Saturday night amid a violent turf war raging across Scotland since March.

A source close to McGill's gang said: "TMJ have put the word out that it was a well-known figure who ordered the murders in the Costa Del Sol.

"This guy was expected to retaliate against a series of attacks on his associates at some point, but it's fair to say the audacity of this has left everyone shocked." TMJ pointed the finger at the rival gangster yesterday as the country's turf war reached terrifying new levels in the wake of Lyons' and Monaghan's deaths.

It was previously reported the Lyons clan had been feeding McGill information to help his gang track targets from the Daniel crime family in Glasgow and a mob linked to jailed cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson in Edinburgh.