A man accused of murdering two Glasgow gangsters at a bar in Spain has been pictured for the first time. Michael Terrence Riley, 45, is alleged to have shot Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr dead at Monaghan's Bar in Fuengirola on 31 May.
Riley, who initially fought extradition from the UK, reportedly fled to Liverpool after the killings and was arrested there on 13 June. Spanish police chief Chief Superintendent Pedro Agudo Novo stated that Riley was about to flee to a 'paradise island tax haven' with no extradition treaty on the day of his arrest.
Riley consented to his extradition in a U-turn at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 7 October, having previously argued that he would be at risk of inhuman treatment in a Spanish prison due to his mental health and fear of other gang members.
The victims were high-ranking members of the Lyons crime clan, which has been engaged in a long-running feud with the rival Daniel clan over control of Glasgow's drug trade. The killings occurred amid a turf war that has seen shootings and firebombings in Glasgow and Edinburgh since March.
Police Scotland have made 62 arrests in connection with the gangland violence but state they have no information linking the Fuengirola shootings to the wider conflict. Riley awaits trial in Spain for the alleged murders.
