Four men have been jailed for their roles in a series of fire-raising attacks carried out as part of a "gangland war". Kieran Abercrombie, 32, and Robert Thomson, 18, conspired with others to damage properties and vehicles in Glasgow and Edinburgh in May 2025. Along with 19-year-olds Kenzie Gardner and Tyler Ramage, the men set fire to a Land Rover and an Audi car that were parked outside a family home in Edinburgh's Morningside. Sentencing the men at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Mulholland said: "Gangsterism is never acceptable in a civilised society." The court heard that Abercrombie and Thomson had conspired to damage property associated with Mark Richardson, who was jailed along with his father in 2017 for dealing cocaine. Richardson was previously sentenced to 10 years in 2010 for his part in a cocaine and crack cocaine distribution network. On 8 May last year, Abercrombie, Thomson and Gardner set fire to a building housing Glasgow Private Hire business. On the same day they joined Ramage in setting fire to the two vehicles in Edinburgh, causing an estimated £100,000 of damage. The property belongs to David McMillan - an associate of Richardson. The incidents came d
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Four men have been jailed for their roles in a series of fire-raising attacks carried out as part of a "gangland war". Kieran Abercrombie, 32, and Robert Thomson, 18, conspired with others to damage properties and vehicles in Glasgow and…
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Four men have been jailed for their roles in a series of fire-raising attacks carried out as part of a "gangland war". Kieran Abercrombie, 32, and Robert Thomson, 18, conspired with others to damage properties and…
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Four men have been jailed for their roles in a series of fire-raising attacks carried out as part of a "gangland war". Kieran Abercrombie, 32, and Robert Thomson, 18, conspired with others to damage properties and vehicles in Glasgow and…
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