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August 19, 2025 Criminal Record 19/08/25 - Police union chief issues stark warning after spate of murder bids
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.

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37 min
August 05, 2025 Criminal Record 05/08/2025 - Historical cases receive arrests | Ross McGill | Multi-million pound drugs raid
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.

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22 min
July 29, 2025 Criminal Record 29/7/2025 - Can killer of Ann Heron still be brought to justice 35 years on?
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

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23 min
July 22, 2025 Criminal Record 22/07/25 - Former cop and Hunted chief Peter Bleksley blasts Police Scotland over Alistair Wilson unsolved murder
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.

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28 min
July 16, 2025 Criminal Record 16/7/25 - Criminal Record | 23 years for Phoenix's killer | Steven Lyons gets filler | Murder weapon tip off
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.

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17 min
July 10, 2025 Criminal Record 10/7/25 - Detective David Swindle who brought serial killer Peter Tobin to justice thinks Bible John case can still be solved
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.

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42 min
July 01, 2025 Criminal Record 1/7/25 | Bible John breakthrough? | Spanish police release bodies of murdered Scots | Former top hood caged again after release
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.
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29 min
June 24, 2025 Criminal Record EXCLUSIVE 24/06/25 - Scots gangland lawyer Jimmy Two Guns on drugs, gangs and organised crime
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.

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39 min
June 18, 2025 Criminal Record EXCLUSIVE | Scotland's top criminal lawyer Aamer Anwar talks landmark cases, death threats and online abuse
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.

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1 hr 1 min
June 12, 2025 Criminal Record 12/06/2025: Former police chief’s knife crime solution | How crime groups operate drugs market
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.

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28 min