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A gangland hood has been jailed after a violent machete attack on an associate of rival mobster Mark Richardson.

Arran Reid, 27, was caged for eight years and four months after he pleaded guilty to assault to severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to danger of life at the High Court in Edinburgh today, Tuesday, December, 9.

David McMillan , 54, was targeted outside his home on Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh around 9.20pm on Thursday, 22 May. 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.

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