Criminal Record

Daily Record’s Angus Hyde  is joined by crime reporter Norman Silvester on the Criminal Record podcast to discuss the last weeks' major crime stories in Scotland and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scotland's criminal underworld is in meltdown following the arrests of crime boss Steven Lyons in Bali and his partner Amanda in Dubai, the Daily Record can reveal. Lyons is finally in police custody after being kicked out of Dubai in October, then Bahrain and Qatar earlier this month and now his arrest in Bali. The Daily Record's crime reporter, Norman Silvester, is quizzed by Angus Hyde over the ongoing development's in Scotland's criminal world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Record's Norman Silvester speaks with former police Inspector Ryan McDonald, who warns that the current shortage of cops is hampering the fight against vorganised crime. Ryan, who retired in October after thirty years service, speaks of recruitment and resources, or lack therof, within policing. He also recalls the lighter side of the job including the day an elderly couple suffered a home invasion, from a goat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Criminal Record, the Daily Record Crime Reporter Norman Silvester takes us through the big crime stories of the last week which saw Police Scotland criticised over the number of police station closures and accusations that they are not fingerprinting enough suspects. We also examine how use of force by police towards suspects rocketed last year during an explosion of gangland violence, a bizarre shopping centre ram raid, and a County Lines drugs blitz. Norman also reveals a victim's fears over any future release of 'limbs in the loch' killer William Beggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Daily Record's Criminal Record meets Liverpool crime reporter Richard Elias who talks about the historic links between organised crime in his home city and Scotland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Daily Record crime reporter Jane Hamilton recounts the savage murders of three missing women for which Peter Tobin was later convicted and sentenced to life and how she believes there may be up to ten other victims. She also calls on the police to reopen their investigations into other women who have gone missing but discounts Tobin as a suspect in the Bible John murders of the late 1960's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Photographer Brian Anderson has snapped some of Britain's most notorious underworld figures from gangland boss Tam McGraw to 1960's villains like Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs. Today Brian recounts his meeting with the notorious Glasgow bank robber Walter Norval - said to be the city's first Godfather of crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join the Daily Record's Chief Live News Reporter Ruth Suter and Crime reporter Norman Silvester as they pick apart the latest crime lines from across Scotland. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheScottishDailyRecord Daily Record Instagram: https://instagram.com/scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport Instagram: https://instagram.com/dailyrecord_sport Daily Record TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailyrecord_sport Daily Record Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daily_Record Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/join-daily-records-whatsapp-community-31116469 RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-rangers-31111892 RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-celtic-31111589 You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #crime #scotland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Billy Gaddi and Norman Silvester go through the crimes which have already made headlines within the first fortnight of 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join the Daily Record's crime reporter Norman Silvester as he speaks to Adrian Hunt, whose father Detective Sgt Ross Hunt was murdered more than 40 years while on duty. Norman is also joined also joined by former police Detective Supt George Barnsley of the Lanarkshire Police Historical Society. Adrian and other members of his family have been campaigning since then for his bravery to be recognised with some form of official governmental bravery award. However successive governments have refused saying any award is subject to a five year timebar. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheScottishDailyRecord Daily Record Instagram: https://instagram.com/scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport Instagram: https://instagram.com/dailyrecord_sport Daily Record TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailyrecord_sport Daily Record Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daily_Record Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/join-daily-records-whatsapp-community-31116469 RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-rangers-31111892 RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-celtic-31111589 You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #truecrime #scotland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Record’s Ruth Suter is joined by crime reporter Norman Silvester on the Criminal Record podcast to discuss the last weeks' major crime stories in Scotland and beyond. On Criminal Record this week: The cost of Operation Portaledge - the police investigation into the recent organised crime violence in Scotland involving the Daniels and Lyons crime families. The first Portaledge conviction Warnings for football fans going to crime ridden Mexico as Scotland qualifies for the World Cup Missing Scot feared murdered over debt to gangsters Restaurant firebombings in Bothwell Police increase in Taser firing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Daily Record's crime reporter Norman Silvester speaks to Caroline Armour, whose brother Joseph Connelly dissapeared almost 25 years ago. Caroline has not reported her oder brother dead as the family continue to chase answers over Joseph's unexpected dissapearance, delving into potential criminal involvment and new leads. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheScottishDailyRecord Daily Record Instagram: https://instagram.com/scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport Instagram: https://instagram.com/dailyrecord_sport Daily Record TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailyrecord_sport Daily Record Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daily_Record Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/join-daily-records-whatsapp-community-31116469 RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-rangers-31111892 RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-celtic-31111589 You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #missingperson #truecrime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Television crime expert and author Professor David Wilson gives Criminal Record his views on prison overcrowding, organised crime, and why Scotland's homicide rate is at its' lowest for 54 years. Professor Wilson, who has written a new book A History of Modern Britain in 20 murders, also suggests a possible suspect for Bible John and why he thinks the killer of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson was a professional hitman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glasgow Police Museum curator and former city cop Alastair Dinsmor MBE joins Norman Silvester on this week's Criminal Record. The pair discuss the history of the Glasgow Police force, as well as famous incidents that took place in the city. Alastair recalls IRA violence spilling into Scotland, as well as the famous theft of the Stone of Destiny by a group of Scottish students in 1950. Glasgow Police Museum is operating on winter hours November - March and can be visited on Tuesdays 10am - 4:30pm and Sundays 12pm - 4:30pm. Host: Norman Silvester Producer: Molly Finlay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crime reporter, Norman Silvestry, speaks with Christine Fulton of Kilmarnock, a founder of the police charity COPS—Care of Police Survivors—which supports the loved ones of police officers who have been killed in the line of duty. She founded COPS in 2003 after her own husband Lewis was murdered in the Gorbals in 1994. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Record’s Ruth Suter is joined by crime reporter Norman Silvester on the Criminal Record podcast to discuss the latest news in the Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons JR murder as suspect Michael Riley is extradited to Spain, the attack of a Daniel crime family member in Drumchapel last week, the killing of Rangers fan Graham Wright and vandalism at Ibrox after statue of former Rangers manager Walter Smith was set on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Daily Record's Ryan Carroll and Norman Silvester talk through the latest crime stories from across Scotland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Former Met DCI Colin Sutton talks to the Record's crime corrospondent, Norman Silvester. Colin Sutton was a Senior Investigating Officer in the Metropolitan Police from January 2003 to January 2011, leading more than thirty successful murder investigations, notably the Levi Bellfield case and the successful re-investigation of the seventeen-year reign of terror of the rapist burglar Delroy Grant, known as the Nightstalker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gina McGavin fought for 37-years for justice after her mother Mary Mclaughlin was murdered at her home in Partick, Glasgow in 1984. In the latest episode of the Daily Record's weekly crime show, Criminal Record, Gina and author and journalist Jane Hamilton, tell the story of Mary's murder and the subsequent conviction in 2021 of Graham McGill. The pair have recently published a book My Mothers Murder which gives a moving account of the cold case that was only solved due to the advancement of forensic science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scotland’s police union chief has warned officers' lives are in danger after a spate of murder bids on cops in the line of duty. A summer of violence has seen three attempted murder on serving officers attending call-outs over a matter of weeks. Two police officers were rushed to hospital following a stabbing and a hit-and-run in two separate incidents in July. Interviewed by Norman Silvester, our seasoned crime reporter, David Kennedy speaks on a number of issues facing police officers in Scotland today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Daily Record's Molly Finlay and crime reporter Norman Silvester pick apart the latest stories from across Scotland. They delve into Operation Portaledge and the latest on the Lyons-Daniel feud. Two arrests in historical cases have also been made in recent weeks for the murder of a young mother and the assault of men in Glasgow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today our special guest is Ann Marie Cockburn whose mother Ann Heron from Glasgow was murdered on August 3, 1990 while sunbathing in the garden of her home near Darlington, County Durham. Ann Marie was found around 6pm that evening in a pool of blood by her husband Peter Heron who was a haulage contractor. It remains one of Britain's most baffling unsolved murders and Ann Marie is here to tell us why  she hopes the man responsible can still be brought to justice - 35 years later Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley turned author and TV host has given Criminal Record his explosive views on the unsolved murder of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson in 2004. Bleksley, who played The Chief in the hit Channel Four series, is critical of the original police investigation and believes the case could and should have been solved by now. He has also identified a suspect for the murder and says he is willing to meet with the detectives to share his information. Members of the public will also get the chance to hear his theories on the murder  n a nationwide one man show which will tour the UK and Ireland next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phoenix Spencer-Horn's killer has been jailed for 23 years. Criminal record discuss the events which led to Ewan Methven murdering Phoenix, 21, at a flat they shared in South Lanarkshire last November. Exiled crime boss Steven Lyons has spent thousands of pounds changing his appearance. Norman Silverster brings us the latest on Operation Portaledge. Detectives investigating the murder of Euan Johnston chase a tip off related to a gun used in the incident - reportedly left near a quarry in Oban nine years after the brutal gangland execution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Norman Silvester is joined by  veteran former detective David Swindle, a police officer with Strathclyde Police between 1977 and 2011 and who rose to the senior rank of Detective Supt. During that time he worked on more than 100 murders and was the man who brought serial killer Peter Tobin to justice and through Operation Anagram linked him to the unsolved murders of two missing women Vicky Hamilton and Dinah Nicol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan Carroll and Norman Silvester pick apart the latest crime stories from across Scotland. The duo explore the latest revelation which could potentially point to the culprit of the infamous 'Bible John' murders in the late 60s in Glasgow, talk to the latest on the shocking double shooting that left two known gang figures dead in Spain and much more. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheScottishDailyRecord Daily Record Instagram: https://instagram.com/scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport Instagram: https://instagram.com/dailyrecord_sport Daily Record TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailyrecord_sport Daily Record Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daily_Record Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/join-daily-records-whatsapp-community-31116469 RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-rangers-31111892 RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-celtic-31111589 You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #crime #scotland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James McIntyre has been described as the real-life Tom Hagen, the fictional "consigliere" or adviser to the Corleone mafia family in The Godfather movies. In a 30 year career as a criminal lawyer the man nicknamed "two guns" represented some of Scotland's most notorious villains and gangland figures. Today on Criminal Record he lifts the lid on a colourful career which included an attempt on his life and a spell behind bars for firearms offences. He also tells how he has used has used his real-life experiences to become a successful script writer for TV shows like EastEnders and River City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join the Daily Record's Norman Silvester as he talks with Scotland's top criminal lawyer Aamer Anwar. The duo discuss the lawyers most famous cases, his experiences with the justice system and dealings with online abuse and death threats. The lawyer made a name for himself fighting high-profile cases, notably representing Emma Caldwell's family following her murder at the hands of Iain Packer, Thomas 'TC' Campbell after he was wrongly imprisoned following a shocking multiple murder during Glasgow's 'Ice Cream Wars' and the family of Sheku Bayoh, who are in the midst of an inquiry regarding Sheku's death whilst in police custody in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Norman Silverster is joined by Graeme Pearson, former Director General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency,  on this week’s Criminal Record podcast to continue our examination of the long running Lyons and Daniel gangland feud which saw two Lyons family members Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons jnr shot dead last month in a bar owned by Monaghan in Spain. Closer to home police have been investigating a series of targeted fire bombing and other attacks against Daniel family members and associates since March in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. We will also take a look at plans by First Minister John Swinney for an anti youth violence summit to tackle the problem of knife crime among the young. Graeme Pearson is the former Director General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency formed in 2001 to target organised crime in Scotland.  Mr Pearson led the organisation between 2004 and 2007 where a number of major criminals were brought to justice including the notorious Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson. After a distinguished police career Mr Pearson became a Labour MSP and served as the party's justice spokesperson and is now an Honorary Professor at Glasgow University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Molly Finlay is joined by Daily Record crime writer Norman Silvester on this week’s Criminal Record podcast as the foot soldiers of gangster Ross McGill have firebombed a Range Rover and a transit van outside homes belonging to associates of Mark Richardson in Edinburgh.Police Scotland insist that the double shooting of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons junior is not linked to recent gang violence in Scotland. As Spanish locals react to the murders, there are calls for foreign criminals to be deported - as the local mayor says they simply don’t have the resources to keep a lid on the trouble. First Minister John Swinney has vowed to crack down on youth violence, calling for a summit in light of the knife crime related deaths of Scottish teenagers Amen Teklay and Kayden Moy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan Carroll and Daily Record crime writer Norman Silvester explain how Scotland’s gangland feud between the Lyons and the Daniels started after two key members of the Lyons crime family hierarchy, Eddie Lyons Jr, and Ross Monaghan, were gunned down in Spain on Saturday evening. If you have a question for the team, you can leave us a comment on Youtube or emailing [email protected] with the subject line Criminal Record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Record's Chris Mooney presents Glasgow Airport Attack 10 years on - Episode 2. Looking back at the aftermath of the attack and the hunt for the those behind the UK plots. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Record's Chris Mooney presents Glasgow Airport Attack 10 years on - Episode 1. Looking back on a summer of terror, talking to the heroes who risked their own lives to save thousands of others. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A podcast exploring interesting and dramatic Scottish true crime stories. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices