Whistleblower slates police for 'ignoring' bloodshed warnings

THE man who first exposed the criminal activities of the Lyons family 25 years ago has slammed police and politicians for ignoring his warnings of future bloodshed.

- By Norman Silvester

Whistleblower Billy McAllister says the current murderous feud with the Daniel crime clan could have been avoided had the authorities listened to him at the time.

McAllister was speaking as detectives in Spain stepped up their hunt for the killers of Lyons gang members Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jr, 46.

They were shot dead in an Irish bar owned by Monaghan in the Spanish holiday resort of Fuengirola by a lone gunman who escaped in a waiting car.

In 2000, Mr McAllister exposed the Lyons family's involvement in running the publicly-funded Chirnsyde Community Initiative in Milton, Glasgow.