Glasgow gang members jailed for total of 104 years after 'war zone' feud

'Sophisticated' murder plot involved tracker devices and encrypted mobile phones, judge says

Custody images (clockwise from top left) of Peter Bain, Brian Ferguson, John Hardie and Andrew Gallacher (Greater Glasgow Police Division)

Six men who “sought to turn Glasgow into a warzone” during a violent feud with a rival gang have been jailed for a total of 104 years.

The Lyons gang members were found guilty of plotting the attempted murders of five men associated with the rival Daniel family.

Andrew Gallacher, 40, Andrew Sinclair, 32, Brian Ferguson, 37, John Hardie, 35, Peter Bain, 45 and Robert Pickett, 53, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder at Glasgow’s High Court last month.

The judge, Lord Mulholland, described the murder plot, which involved tracker devices and encrypted mobile phones as “sophisticated”.

But he said the men had been caught by “good old fashioned detective work”.

The men carried out attacks in Glasgow, Manchester, North Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire between June 2016 and September 2017.

In one of those attacks, Steven Daniel was left with severe facial wounds after being attacked with a hammer and cleaver after a crash near Glasgow’s M8 motorway.

Former soldier Ryan Fitzsimmons was also attacked with a sword and hammer in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, leaving him unconscious and brain-damaged.

“You sought to turn Glasgow into a war zone for your feud,” Lord Mulholland told the men. “This is a civilised country which is based on the rule of law. There is no place for this type of conduct, retribution or the law of the jungle.”

Ferguson, Gallacher and Hardie were sentenced to 20 years in jail, Picket was jailed for 16 years, Bain for 15 and Sinclair for 13 years and three months.