Criminal Record
Welcome to Criminal Record - a new, weekly podcast brought to you by the team at the Daily Record.Mad, bad and dangerous to know ... tales from the Scottish criminal underworld.Every week, we bring you a comprehensive look at unfolding crime events nationwide and globally.Expect updates on current gang conflicts, significant court proceedings, and pressing community matters shaping today's news landscape.
Episodes
Criminal Record 2/10/25 | Scotland gang war latest | Alistair Wilson cold case | Clutha bar robbed
The Daily Record's Ryan Carroll and Norman Silvester talk through the latest crime stories from across Scotland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Criminal Record 23/9/25 | Top cop on snaring 'World's End' serial killer and policing the real Trainspotting heroin boom
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Criminal Record 09/09/25 - Colin Sutton on his 30 year career in the Met and bringing Levi Bellfield to justice
Former Met DCI Colin Sutton talks to the Record's crime corrospondent, Norman Silvester. Colin Sutton was a Senior Investigating Officer in the Metropolitan Police from January 2003 to January 2011, leading more than thirty successful murde…
Criminal Record 03/09/25 - My 37 year fight for justice for murdered Glasgow mum Mary Mclaughlin
Gina McGavin fought for 37-years for justice after her mother Mary Mclaughlin was murdered at her home in Partick, Glasgow in 1984. In the latest episode of the Daily Record's weekly crime show, Criminal Record, Gina and author and journali…
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 w…
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…
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 p…
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 Fo…
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 spe…
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…
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, …
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 som…
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. T…
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…
Criminal Record 09/06/2025 - Gangster Ross McGill's men firebomb vehicles in Edinburgh and latest from Spain double shooting
Molly Finlay is joined by Daily Record crime writer Norman Silvester on this week’s Criminal Record podcast as the foot soldiers of gangster Ross McGill have firebombed a Range Rover and a transit van outside homes belonging to associates o…
Criminal Record 04/06/2025 - The Lyons and Daniels gangland feud explained after hoods shot dead by gunman in Spanish bar
Ryan Carroll and Daily Record crime writer Norman Silvester explain how Scotland’s gangland feud between the Lyons and the Daniels started after two key members of the Lyons crime family hierarchy, Eddie Lyons Jr, and Ross Monaghan, were gu…
Glasgow Airport Attack 10 Years On - Episode 2
Daily Record's Chris Mooney presents Glasgow Airport Attack 10 years on - Episode 2. Looking back at the aftermath of the attack and the hunt for the those behind the UK plots. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/…
Glasgow Airport Attack 10 Years On - Episode 1
Daily Record's Chris Mooney presents Glasgow Airport Attack 10 years on - Episode 1. Looking back on a summer of terror, talking to the heroes who risked their own lives to save thousands of others. For information regarding your data pri…
The Glasgow Airport Attack - Coming Soon
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