THE grief-stricken family of murdered Lyons gang kingpin Ross Monaghan last night sensationally said their Daniel clan enemies are not to blame.
We can reveal the bitter Glasgow rivals have put their own conflict on hold amid suspicions a foreign crew ordered the Costa del Sol pub hit on hoods Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46.
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The relative said: “The one thing people need to know is the Daniels are not behind this.
“There are other theories about who is behind it, but the one thing we know for sure is it’s got nothing to do with the Daniels or Mark Richardson.”
The relative also insisted that despite leading lives of crime, both victims were much-loved family men.
Tragically, Eddie Lyons Jnr’s death came just weeks after his teenage daughter passed away from illness.
The relative added: “Ross obviously did what he did and the family accept that, but people have been saying some very horrible things.
“They have to remember Ross was a father and a son. Eddie had only just buried his daughter and so you can imagine this has hit everyone extremely hard — none more so than his brother Steven Lyons who is extremely upset.”
The Lyons and Daniels have been at war for decades, with both sides involved in sickening violence.
We told yesterday how the under-siege Daniels are said to have set aside £500,000 to deal with potential revenge attacks amid fears they would be wrongly blamed for the killings.
A source said: “Neither side can take the moral high ground but for once there is genuine shock at what’s happened in Spain on both sides.
“The last thing the Lyons and the Daniels need is more bloodshed, so it’s easy to see why they want to make it clear that these murders are the work of another crime gang operating outside Scotland.”
Spanish cops are continuing to hunt the gunman who struck in Fuengirola on Saturday.
Police Scotland has also ruled out claims the assassinations were plotted by warring mobsters here.
