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Stewart Boyd

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Stewart Boyd Famous memorial

Birth
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28 Jun 2003 (aged 39–40)
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Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland Add to Map
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Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Specky" he was a 'drug lord' that operated out of the Royal Oak pub in Nitshill, Glasgow, Scotland, and was responsible for a series of murders and disappearances over two decades. He had links dating back to the times of Arthur ‘The Godfather' Thompson Sr., the right-hand man to jailed drug baron John Healy and enforcer for exiled Guardion security firm boss Paul Johnston. He was cleared of murdering Paisley gangster Mark Rennie and jailed for intimidating witnesses on behalf of his masters at another trial.He was killed in a fiery car crash in Malaga, Spain that also killed his daughter, Anne Nicola Gavin, her friend, Louise Ann Douglas, and his girlfriend Catherine's 3 year old daughter, Helen Lindsay. He was laid to rest after a service at this father's council house in Priesthill, Glasgow. Hundreds of mourners lined Nitshill Road in Glasgow's south side to say farewell to one of the city's most feared crime chiefs.
Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Specky" he was a 'drug lord' that operated out of the Royal Oak pub in Nitshill, Glasgow, Scotland, and was responsible for a series of murders and disappearances over two decades. He had links dating back to the times of Arthur ‘The Godfather' Thompson Sr., the right-hand man to jailed drug baron John Healy and enforcer for exiled Guardion security firm boss Paul Johnston. He was cleared of murdering Paisley gangster Mark Rennie and jailed for intimidating witnesses on behalf of his masters at another trial.He was killed in a fiery car crash in Malaga, Spain that also killed his daughter, Anne Nicola Gavin, her friend, Louise Ann Douglas, and his girlfriend Catherine's 3 year old daughter, Helen Lindsay. He was laid to rest after a service at this father's council house in Priesthill, Glasgow. Hundreds of mourners lined Nitshill Road in Glasgow's south side to say farewell to one of the city's most feared crime chiefs.

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  • Originally Created by: Debbie
  • Added: Oct 1, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7939450/stewart-boyd: accessed ), memorial page for Stewart Boyd (1963–28 Jun 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7939450, citing Neilston Cemetery, Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; Maintained by Find a Grave.