Live Bombs Sent to Lenny

Scotland being a sectarian backwater explains that I'm sure.

 

They surely can't get away with this......



Can they?

 

I'm sure every man and their dog was saying that about your man Wilson.

 

The police at the time said it was totally unrelated to football rather it was some * off ex client of his!

Won't stop the media, or indeed, Findlay himself, trying to paint that incident as "two sides of the same coin"

 

Scottish justice LOL

No wonder Lenny decided to leave this bigot infested country

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/neil-lennon-parcel-bomber-freed-3668911

Neil Lennon parcel bomber freed from jail just three years after plotting to blow up the former Celtic manager



NEIL McKENZIE was jailed for five years after being found guilty of conspiring to assault the Celtic manager, late QC Paul McBride and ex-Labour MSP Tricia Godman by sending bombs through the post.





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</figure> PARCEL bomber Neil McKenzie is a free man just three years after he plotted to bomb former Celtic manager Neil Lennon.
McKenzie, 44, and his co-accused Trevor Muirhead, 46, sent devices packed with nails that they wrongly believed were capable of exploding to Lennon, former MSP Trish Godman, the late Paul McBride QC and members of an Irish republican organisation.
The pair were originally accused of conspiring to murder their targets but the charge was thrown out due to insufficient evidence.
But at the High Court in Glasgow, a jury took only two-and-a-half hours to convict both men of conspiring to assault their intended victims.
Now McKenzie has returned to his home in Saltcoats, Ayrshire where he is trying to lie low.
Father-in-law Pat Cameron, 69, said: "He has done his time. Three years and 16 days- is that not enough?".
His wife Laura added: "He wants to be left alone."
Co-plotter Trevor Muirhead is still in jail despite being handed the same five year sentence as McKenzie.
McKenzie and Muirhead targeted former Celtic manager Neil Lennon, late QC Paul McBride and ex-Labour MSP Tricia Godman by sending bombs through the post.
The first device, addressed to Celtic boss Lennon at Parkhead, was a crude hoax containing nails and putty.
But another, sent to Trish Godman’s constituency office, contained a small amount of an explosive called Triacetone Triperoxide.
It’s believed Muirhead and McKenzie made the explosive using peroxide they got from Muirhead’s unwitting son, who worked as a hairdresser.
Peroxide, an unstable and potentially dangerous substance, was found in two more of the five devices – one addressed to Lennon at Celtic’s training complex and another addressed to the Glasgow offices of Cairde na hEireann (Friends of Ireland).
The plotters’ lawyers tried to portray them as “dafties” and bumbling incompetents, and McKenzie claimed he got bomb-making tips from The A Team on TV.
But Mr Cuddihy said the bombers were wary enough to cover their tracks better, moving from handwritten notes to printed ones and being careful to use computers other than their own when researching how to commit the crimes.
Muirhead, a van driver known as “Big Trev”, was a former member of the Orange Order and the Apprentice Boys of Londonderry.
His home was full of Rangers and loyalist material.
His daughter Gemma, 18, had two Ulster flags, an Ulster Volunteer Force plaque and a clock with a picture of King Billy on her bedroom wall.
She told her father’s trial the clock was a present from her parents.
Muirhead also owned an “oath of allegiance” to a group called the Scottish Unionist Association, which read: “I, Trevor Muirhead, am a Protestant by birth.
“Being convinced of a fiendish plot by republicans to destroy my heritage, I swear to defend my comrades and my country by any and all means against republicans and republican offshoots that may be of similar intent.”
McKenzie, a jobless builder and part-time tattoo artist, was also a member of the Scottish Unionist Association.
He met Muirhead through work in the building trade and referred to him as his “best pal”.
Police, who had bugged a car used by McKenzie, heard the duo bragging about their plot. He and Muirhead talked about “planting” something outside a police station and “letting the f***** off”.
Muirhead said: “They think all the Ayrshire boys are dafties.”
McKenzie was also heard talking about “how to build a bomb”, and there was talk about peroxide and being “f****** sorted”.
The men also boasted to their families about their crimes.
After one of the parcels was posted in a nearby street, McKenzie told Muirhead’s daughter-in-law not to look out of the window if she heard “a bang in the night”.
And after the bomb plot was reported on TV, Muirhead told son Gordon that “more than one” had been posted. Gordon asked if he had sent them and he replied: “Never you mind.”
Muirhead also spoke to his son about bombs “being made in a sterile unit” and how “nothing will get back to us”.
McKenzie was convicted on his own of sending a device, with the intent of making Lennon believe it would explode or ignite.
Muirhead was cleared of that charge on a not proven verdict.
But both men were convicted by majority of conspiring to assault Lennon with the Lennoxtown bomb. They were also found guilty on majority verdicts of conspiracy to assault Celtic supporters Godman, McBride and staff at Friends of Ireland.
Both devices intended for Lennon were intercepted by the Royal Mail.
The device addressed to Godman arrived at her office, and the building was evacuated.
Royal Mail tried in vain on the same day to deliver the device meant for Friends of Ireland.
It ended up in Belfast, at a national centre for undelivered mail, where it was x-rayed and found to contain nails, a watch component, a bottle and a wire.
The package intended for McBride, addressed to the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, was collected from a postbox in Kilwinning. It was found to contain nails, wire and a petrol-like substance.
The Prison Service declined to comment on McKenzie's release as did Neil Lennon's agent.

 

if they were islamic extremists they would have never been released

 

Shouldn't be released early. But to insult Scotland for early release as if no other country does it (they all do), is wrong.

 

Absolutely sickening, just read some of the * the cops heard them saying in the car, how they only got five years in the first place is beyond me but to actually let this * out early and think its safe to allow him to rejoin society is just unbelievable.

 

to be fair its the same for everyone its not what they say its what they can prove they did sad I agree but that's how it is

 

Trevor muirhead what a liar hahaha protestant by birth you say? I think not ya fat greaseball , trevor is a catholic thats why he "was" a member of the apprentince boys until he got booted out , he also used to be a celtic fan and for Mckenzie he "just wants left alone" i doubt that will happen.

A know trevor he stayed near me , they moved to broomlands in irvine now though

 

The problem is not the early release as much as the time served for the offence committed. If they were Muslim and the target was a "respected Scottish figure" would they be out on the street today?

I blame Scottish society for its demonisation of Neil Lennon thus giving mitigation to the crime in the eyes of most Scottish people.

 

Bigoted nonsense.. 99.99% of Scots would never condone sending parcel bombs to people.

It's ridiculous he's been released so early, but - like someone said above - it's about what can be proven in court, and if they'd been found guilty of attempted murder (as they should have been, imo) it would have been a much longer sentence.

 

Strange statement. Why did you use the word people instead of Neil Lennon.

Were Chelsea fans responsible for these images?

 

I can imagine that every democratic country has a system whereby prisoners can be released early provided that certain conditions are met. This a way to encourage good behaviour and to help prisoners integrate back into society.

I am not saying it is right in this case, but you see this in many other cases and countries.

 

It's great to see people have their priorities right in regards to this story...... "oh you can't say Scottish society is to blame for this".... really, is that what people are worried about?

The media's portrayal of Lenny and people not realising there's a problem with sectarianism and cases like this in Scottish society (No, I'm well aware Scotland isn't the only nation like this, but this incident is in Scotland). The media should have been quick to condemn the treatment he received,yet time after time it was more about his reactions in certain matches and the fact he was a bit of a loose cannon.... I even heard people in the media say he brings a lot of it on himself, which is just absurd.

The fact that a scumbag like that is being released upon society is absolutely sickening.

 

That I agree with. People and the press in particular often seem to justify the aggression outed towards Neil Lennon (often, wrongly, claiming he provokes it).

 

* couldn't make up and bomb if you gave him a stick of dynamite. Probably released him knowing full well the donkey is likely to walk in front of a bus, * moron.

 

For what it's worth, here's my personal opinion on it. I'm no lawyer or legal expert of course, but anyway...

The people involved in this particular case should have been charged with three counts of attempted murder in all honesty. People sometimes forget that it wasn't just Lennon who was the focus of their parcels, but the late Paul McBride and MSP Trish Godman were also sent parcels through the post.

The idea that because the bombs weren't put together correctly should count as a positive for the defendants doesn't sit well with me. The intention was there, that much was clear I think.

The fact that all three victims lived is purely down to the ineptitude of the accused. These parcels weren't sent as a "scare tactic", the intention was to seriously maim or kill their targets.

Whilst I disagree that "Scottish society" is to blame, I do believe there is something rotten at the core of our legal system and police force when it comes to certain groups of people in Scotland.

The very upper echelon of these industries have always been very "closed shop", and there's a reason for that I feel.

 

Becuase there were bombs sent to others? The majority of Scots will not agree with sending bombs, isn't that a given?