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A gangland hood has been jailed for a murder bid on an associate of rival mobster Mark Richardson.

Arran Reid, 27, was caged for eight years and four months after he pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh today, Tuesday, December, 9.

The attempted murder of David McMillan , 54, took place at his house on Pitcairn Grove at around 9.20pm on Thursday, May 22. Reid was arrested and charged in connection with the machete attack on Monday, June 16.

The thug was also convicted with discharging a firearm after a window was blasted at a property on Walter Scott Avenue on Friday, June 13. He was charged in connection with this incident on Tuesday, July 15.

Police Scotland has arrested 62 people under their Operation Portaledge probe into the gang war in the west a

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