A VIOLENT gunman and drug dealer, one of a gang of nine men convicted last week, was previously charged with assaulting Celtic skipper Scott Brown and also with shooting one of his friends.

Mark Richardson, a member of the notorious Daniels Glasgow crime gang, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of having a Glock handgun.

He had been charged with shooting rival Lyons gang enforcer Ross Monaghan and Robert Kelbie, Brown's friend and an adviser when he was transferred from Hibs to Celtic for £4.4 million in 2007.

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