Owen Martin, 21, was sentenced to three years after admitting wilful fire-raising at the Drumchapel home of Kelly “Bo” Green.
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.
Sheriff Andrew McIntyre told Martin at today’s sentencing: “This was an exceptionally serious offence.
“If you set fire to someone’s house in the middle of the night there is a real likelihood that the occupants in there can be adults or children.
“It is a quite shocking offence and an exceptionally serious offence.
“I have taken account of your age but that does not mean that you should not go to prison. It is so serious and the public need to be protected.”
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.”
Kelly Green went to bed around 11pm on the night of the incident. Her son Konnor, his friend Mr Jackson and three children aged 16, 11 and six were also in the property.
Around 1.40am, witness Ibrahim Alhawady drove past Green’s home.
The fiscal depute said: “He saw a man [Martin] throwing liquid from a petrol can to the side of the house.
“The witness noticed a fire had already taken hold and the liquid was caused the flames to spread.
The witness slowed his vehicle down and Martin to fled the scene towards Glenkirk Drive. Green then woke up to see an “orange glow” from her bedroom window.
The fiscal depute added: “She saw the fire take hold at the front from looking through the window.
“She exited the property and used a hose to extinguish the fire.”
Mr Alhawady then left the area when she saw Green’s son Konnor come out of the property to help his mother. He wrongly thought that Konnor had started the fire.
Green then got all the children evacuated from the property and put them into the back garden. She then called the fire brigade who then contacted the police due to a suspected accelerant being used.
When officers arrived, the fire had been extinguished and a search took place.
The fiscal depute said: “There was damage to the PVC living room windows.
“Officers also removed a plastic bottle from under the living room window.”
Taxi driver Mohammed Ashif stated that he collected Martin and a woman at 12.15am that night. He stated that Martin was carrying a green petrol can.
The driver asked Martin to remove the can due to its smell. The woman then threw the can into bushes on Glenkirk Drive. Officers later attended Martin’s home and arrested him.
Paul McCue, defending, told the sentencing: “He is genuinely remorseful for what he did and there is no getting around that this was a serious offence which he understands and has reflected on it.”
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