Richard Warnock pled guilty to a murder conspiracy charge after organising three attacks in Greenock.
A prisoner who was allowed mobile phone access during the pandemic organised murder hits as revenge for his brother being stabbed.
The first hit was a petrol bomb attack on 13 July 2020 at a flat in Union Street, Greenock, where Cole's parents Rosaleen Sutherland and Leonard Cole snr were at the time. After pouring petrol on the door and through the letterbox, Mr Miller died after setting himself on fire.There were also further threats to shoot Cole jnr and individuals linked to him.Warnock had initially gone on trial for the conspiracy to murder charge at the High Court in Glasgow with others involved in the plot.Drew Darling, 29, and Brendan O'Donnell, 24, pled guilty during the trial to attempted murder relating to involvement in the Union Street attack.
"It was motivated by a desire for revenge for what was done to his younger brother by those two men in August 2019.'Campaign of gangsterism'
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