Fires lead to fears of gang war

BY KRIS GOURLAY & NICHOLAS MALIZIA

An arsonist torched the Belle Cheveux beauty salon in Albert Street at 2.30am on March 6.
On Monday, firefighters battled through the night to tackle an inferno at a storage warehouse in Musselburgh.
An underworld source says both businesses were torched in retaliation for a theft from a new gangland player in the city.
The salon is reportedly owned by the partner of cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson while the warehouse is understood to be run by the dad of an ex-girl-friend of the gangster.
Richardson was jailed in 2018 for possessing a loaded gun. He was one of nine men jailed for a total of 90 years for his role in drugs and arms plots.
The 37-year-old is in Low Moss prison, Bishopbriggs.
The source said: “The word is one of Richardson's mates has stolen of...

You're reading a preview of

Daily Record (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 14, 2025

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Magzter Inc. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Magzter.