Overview
- Police Scotland confirmed emergency services responded after a skip lorry struck a house on Brand Drive in Portobello at around 2.25pm on Tuesday, May 26, and road closures were put in place.
- Local reports say the attack was aimed at the family home of an unnamed 19-year-old allegedly linked to kingpin Mark Richardson, though the teenager cannot be named for legal reasons.
- Footage circulating online reportedly shows the HGV reversing at speed before ploughing through the property's front, leaving major structural damage and debris in the street.
- The collision is the latest act in a feud that began in March 2025 and has included firebombings, shootings and the Fuengirola double murder for which Michael Riley is held in Spain awaiting trial.
- Police and international agencies including Spanish investigators, Europol and the NCA have carried out raids and arrests connected to the wider dispute and investigators say the lorry attack will widen ongoing cross-border inquiries while raising public safety concerns.