Man who delivered wages to 'elite gangland figures' dies in Edinburgh prison
The Scottish Prison Service confirmed McTaggart died on February 4 at the Saughton jail and a fatal accident inquiry will be ...
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Glasgow plasterer involved in organised crime dies in prison
A plasterer who acted as a 'wages' paymaster to elite gangsters has died behind bars. Gerard McTaggart passed away in HMP Edinburgh on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. In 2023, we reported how the ...
Money launderer who delivered wages to Scotland's biggest crime gang dies in jail
A Scots money launderer who delivered wages to gangsters has died in jail. . Gerard McTaggart, 49, was jailed for four years ...
The 'scandalous' £1 billion Scottish prison, as costs soar 10 times over the original estimate
The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost almost £1 billion, almost 10 times the initial estimate. The updated cost was ...
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Edinburgh gang boss teams up with Scots torturer to keep peace in prison
Edinburgh gang boss Mark Richardson has ... would get early release to ease pressure on the system. The Scottish Prison Service has been coping with more than 8300 prisoners – the highest ...
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A criminal waste of cash... Outrage as cost of new SNP jail in Scotland's biggest city ten-fold to £1billion
Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the huge sum - almost 10 times the initial estimate and more than double the price of the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh - was a ‘critical investment’.
Dirty cash courier who delivered cash to Scots gangsters dies in jail
A DIRTY cash courier who delivered huge cash sums to Scotland’s biggest crime gang has died in custody. Gerard McTaggart, 49, was caged in August 2023 after he was caught running a wages ...
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Scotland's billion-pound prison: SNP under fire after it is revealed cost of new jail has increased TENFOLD and cells will open years behind schedule
Up to 390 short-term prisoners who have served 40 per cent of their sentence will be released by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) in three tranches over six weeks. Ms Constance said when HMP ...
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Money launderer who delivered wages to Scotland's biggest crime gang dies in jail
The Scottish Prison Service revealed that McTaggart died in HMP Edinburgh this week, on February 4. McTaggart, of Tollcross, Glasgow, was jailed at the High Court in Lanark by judge Lord Summers ...