Criminal Record has brought together a round-up of today’s biggest crime stories.
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Here’s what has been making the news across the country on Tuesday.
Footsoldier jailed after home of Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll’s widow firebombed
A gangland foot soldier who set fire to the family home of the partner of slain gangster Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll was jailed today for three years.
Owen Martin, 21, fled after sparking the blaze at Kelly ‘Bo’ Green’s property in Glasgow’s Drumchapel on May 13 2025. Green, her 21-year-old son Konnor, his friend and three children were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night.
Martin was later snared following Operation Portaledge – a police investigation into a recent serious organised crime feud in Scotland.
Green is one of the daughter of late crime boss Jamie Daniel who died of cancer in 2016. She is also the widow of Daniel crime enforcer ‘Gerbil’ who was gunned down in an Asda car park in Glasgow’s Robroyston in 2010.
Martin pleaded guilty to wilful fire raising to the danger of the lives of Kelly Green, Konnor Green, Stephen Jackson and three children. Martin will also be put under supervision for one year upon his release from prison.
Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that the victims in this case were “well documented as having links to organised crime groups.”
Pensioner ‘stabbed’ in car
Armed police have swarmed a Glasgow housing estate after a pensioner was “stabbed” inside a vehicle.
Cops and a dog unit swooped on Auckland Wynd in Dalmarnock at around 12.10pm on Tuesday. A 77-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. His condition is unknown.
Dog units were pictured scouring the scene near Riverbank Primary School in the east end of the city.
A local mum said: “I came running to the school thinking the worst. The teachers told me they took all the kids in and have shut all the blinds.
“The place was swimming with armed police earlier and they now have the dogs out. Thankfully no kids were hurt. I was so worried.”
Photographs taken at the scene show police vehicles parked along the residential street as enquiries continue. Police Scotland has yet to release any further details of the vehicle or anyone else involved.
‘My mum was killed by Bible John, not my dad’
A TV true crime show has sparked a backlash after claiming Bible John victim Helen Puttock could have been killed by her own husband – despite him being ruled out decades ago.
The programme, Britain’s Murder Map, fronted by Line of Duty star Vicky McClure, advances a theory that George Puttock, who died in 2022, may have been responsible for his wife’s death.
Helen’s son David Puttock has hit out at the claims and confirmed he is seeking legal advice over the “slur”.
David, who lives in Canada, said: “My dad was investigated and ruled out. That’s not opinion, that’s fact.
“They’ve taken a man who can’t defend himself and turned him into a suspect for the sake of a TV programme. It’s not just wrong, it’s cruel.”
Helen Puttock, 29, was the final known victim of the Bible John murders after a night at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom in October 1969. She had been out with her sister, Jean Langford, when they met a well-dressed man who called himself “John”.
Witnesses said he spoke about religion, quoted from the Bible and did not drink alcohol. The three shared a taxi part of the journey home. Jean was dropped off first. Helen remained in the cab with the man.
She was found dead hours later near her home in Scotstoun. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Her murder followed the killings of Patricia Docker in 1968 and Jemima McDonald in 1969. Both women had also been to the Barrowland Ballroom in the hours before their deaths.
Detectives linked all three murders and launched one of the biggest investigations Scotland had ever seen. Hundreds of men were interviewed and thousands of statements taken.
Despite that, the man known as Bible John was never identified. George, Helen’s husband, was among those spoken to during the inquiry. He did not match witness descriptions of the man seen with Helen that night. He was later eliminated through forensic examination.
Teen arrested after cop hit by car
Two police officers have been taken to hospital after a car crash in Hamilton on Tuesday morning. Emergency services were called to Fleming Way in Hillhouse after the incident at around 9.30am on Tuesday, April 28.
The officers had attempted to speak with the driver of a car which subsequently made off and crashed a short distance away. Pictures from the scene show a number of police vehicles in the aftermath of the incident.
A black car is also seen smashed beside some nearby homes, with the back of a white car also smashed. An eyewitness said a police helicopter had been dispatched to the scene.
An 18-year-old man was later arrested in connection.
CCTV revealed as dad faces five years in jail
CCTV captured the moment a Scots dad accidentally took a tourist’s phone in Thailand “by accident” – leaving him facing up to five years in prison.
Rory McColl, from Edinburgh, landed in Bangkok on March 9 for a holiday but was arrested hours into his first night out. The 37-year-old was dancing alongside a young German backpacker in Golf Bar, on Khao San Road, when he lifted a mobile phone from the table.
Footage shows him reaching forward and taking the phone from the table before putting it in his back pocket. German tourist Melina Muchow, 22, soon realised that her device was missing.
Looking through surveillance footage with the help of staff, she identified Rory believing he had deliberately stolen the phone.
In CCTV taken from the bar, a security guard can be seen searching Rory, who was drunk, before pulling the mobile phone out of his pocket. It’s alleged that police gave Rory the chance to apologise and leave without further consequences, but he “began hurling abuse at the woman”.
Growing impatient, officers threw him in a cell “to sober up”. Melina then insisted on him being prosecuted, even though they tried to dissuade her. By the time the dad-of-one was coherent, the case had already been sent to prosecutors for a court hearing.
He faces up to five years in prison for “theft at night,” and will appear in court today (April 28).
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