The Glasgow Ice Cream Wars trial started at Glasgow Crown Court in the Autumn of 1984. The trial did not run smoothly … It was to find brothers [TC] Campbell and [Joe] Steele guilty. ibid.
A conviction which depended so heavily on the word of criminal informants … Campbell and Steele were convicted on evidence which by the law’s own logic simply could not be true. And the system which convicted Campbell and Steele had held in its own files for twelve long years the evidence which could have freed them. ibid.
There are five ways to prove William Love is a deliberate liar. ibid.
Fucking Laurel and Hardy for a fucking family. Sweet Sixteen 2002 starring Martin Compston & Annmarie Fulton & William Ruane & Junior Walker & Michelle Abercromby & Michelle Coulter & Tommy McKee & Gary McCormack & Calum McAlees et al, director Ken Loach, fellow prison visitor
Gi’ us ma fucking gear! ibid. Liam
It’s not that she dis-ney care, she canna care. She’s a fucking crazy mixed up lost wee soul. ibid. Chantelle
Outside this house is a forest, a vast dark scary forest full of evil things lurking behind trees waiting to get ya. The Wee Man 2013 starring Patrick Bergin & Bhrina Bache & Hannah Blamires & Lewis Brand & Mark Burdis & Martin Compston & Chris Cowlin & Steve Daly & Simon DeSilva & Paul Donnelly & Gary Driscoll et al, director Ray Burdis, father's bedside story
You’re working for me now, son. ibid. Godfather
Husband: I’m in debt to a moneylender. Aye, and it’s Boyle. Jimmy Boyle
Wife [takes pay packet]: I’ll not expect you back then. A Sense of Freedom 1979 starring David Hayman & Jake D’Arcy & Sean Scanlan & Alex Norton & John Murtagh & Roy Hanlon & Martin Black & Fulton Mackay & Hector Nicol & Bill Barclay et al, director John Mackenzie
I don’t think I’ve come across anything as rotten … ibid. rozzer
James Boyle, you have been found guilty of a callous murder. I sentence you to imprisonment for Life. You are a menace to society. ibid. judge
No, if you want to kill yourself, what you do is you stand somewhere wet, get yourself a good earth, then plug yourself into the mains. That’s what I was going to do. Woof! … There’s got to be more to life than committing suicide. That Sinking Feeling 1979 starring Tom Mannion & Eddie Burt & Richard Demarco & Alex Mackenzie & Margaret Adams & Kim Masterton & Danny Benson & Robert Buchanan & Drew Burns & Gerry Clark & Anne Graham et al, director Bill Forsyth, gang in jam-jar
We’re sitting on a goldmine. Or should I say a steel mine. A stainless steel mine. Look, what’s this area famous for? What’s it well known for? Sinks! Stainless steel sinks. Hundreds of them up at Martin’s warehouse. Sinks worth a fortune. ibid. Ronnie to gang
Villains, Gangsters, or Faces as they prefer to be called are the men that have been making newspaper headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past 50 years. Some are instantly recognisable but many are not. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld I: Glasgow, Quest 2014
My name is Bernard O’Mahoney. I was a friend of the Kray Twins and a member of the infamous Essex Boys firm. ibid.
Violence meted out on the streets of Glasgow has resulted in the city having the highest murder rate in western Europe. ibid.
After several short terms of imprisonment Walter’s [Carval] career escalated. ibid.
His gang were arrested following a tip-off from a police informer. ibid.
Another major player after the war was Arthur Thompson. By the 1950s Thompson and his brothers had embarked upon a life of crime working as bouncers, debt collectors and extortionists. ibid.
Unlike Walter, Arthur was happy to deal in drugs. ibid.
Paul Ferris, the Wee Man: Ferris was employed by Arthur Thompson. ibid.
The Ice Cream Wars: Six members of the Doyle family died in the blaze. ibid.
Like Joe Steele, Paul Ferris was also protesting his innocence from inside Barlinnie. ibid.
In 1984 Joe Steele was sentenced to Life imprisonment for 6 murders during Glasgow’s ice-cream wars. He spent 18 years behind bars before evidence emerged which proved that he was in face innocent … He was eventually released in 2004. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s1e6: Goodfellas? Quest 2014
Two people have died last night in a fire in Glasgow. Seven others were injured. The Ice Cream Wars I, BBC Breakfast news, Amazon 2014
Vicious gangsterism aimed at controlling at major sector of the city’s ice cream trade. ibid. reporter
Ice creams vans compensated for the lack of shops. ibid.
It was not only gangs who had become territorial. ibid.
T C Campbell: part of the Barlanark team … Tam McGraw was very very feared. ibid.
Rumours spread that criminals were using ice cream vans as a quick and mobile way to deal drugs. ibid.
Just three members of the Doyle family survived the fire. ibid.
The Secretary of State has decided to refer the cases of the so-called Ice Cream Wars murderers back to the Appeal Court. The Ice Cream Wars II, BBC news
Effectively the Campbell family were in the ice-cream business. ibid. reporter
Thomas Campbell and Joe Steele became known as the Glasgow 2. ibid.