Overview
- Defendants Kieran Abercrombie, 32, Robert Thomson, 18, Kenzie Gardner, 19, and Tyler Ramage, 19, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to wilful fire raising and conspiracy aggravated by links to serious organised crime.
- Prosecutors said the group set fire to Deuce Private Hire in Glasgow while two staff were working, then the same day torched a Land Rover and an Audi outside a Morningside home in Edinburgh.
- Video and CCTV released by the Crown Office show a white Land Rover on Pitcairn Grove being doused with petrol and ignited, and footage was played in court of masked attackers carrying out the daylight assaults.
- Phone and messaging‑app evidence detailed planning, payment offers and social‑media coordination, including WhatsApp and Signal messages and a reference to the 'Tamo Junto' account.
- Lord Mulholland remanded all four in custody, Thomson also admitted possessing a stun gun, and police linked the case to Operation Portaledge targeting the Daniel, Lyons and Richardson feud that has produced 63 arrests.