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CRIMELORD is the gripping life story of elusive multimillionaire gangster Tam McGraw. One of Scotland's most notorious criminals, McGraw has risen from extreme poverty to become one of Scotland's wealthiest men. While a teenager, McGraw moved to London, where he survived a horrific factory accident. After winning substantial compensation, he returned to Glasgow and bought into the lucrative ice-cream business. Tam sold ice cream by day, while by night he led the infamous Barlanark Team, who caused havoc robbing post-office safes throughout central Scotland for some 15 years. Their exploits were both daring and comical, but when police discovered that hash was being hidden in buses taking young footballers and deprived Glasgow families on free holidays abroad, McGraw was put under surveillance. The trail led from Morocco, through banks in Gibraltar flooded with Scottish cash and a cowboy ranch at EuroDisney, to a Glasgow garage. The racket netted e40 million and it was claimed that McGraw was the financier and mastermind. In 1998, however, a jury declared him innocent while the other suspects were jailed. As McGraw refuses to discuss his life publicly, his remarkable story is told through friends, fellow crooks and the occasional rival. It is an outrageous true gangster tale.

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David Leslie has worked for the News of the World since 1970. Since then, he has covered scores of major stories, including the tragedies of Zeebrugge, Piper Alpha, Lockerbie and Dunblane. He has been based in Glasgow since 1994, concentrating on crime and major investigations.

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