The former crime group member gave evidence in two murder trials which resulted in convictions.
But an appeal court judgement published online on Tuesday named the man alongside an account of his recruitment as a paid police informant.The court had been considering an appeal against the conviction of Christopher Hughes over the murder of Dutch crime blogger Martin Kok.Kok, a convicted murderer, was shot dead outside a sex club in the Netherlands in December 2016.
The informant was a member of the same group, which operated throughout Scotland and Europe, and gave evidence during Hughes' trial at the High Court in Glasgow last year.He was jailed for life last April and ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years before he can apply for parole.Jamie Lee was shot dead near a children's play park in Castlemilk, Glasgow
Owens was ordered to serve at least 23 years for murdering Jamie Lee in the city's Castlemilk in July 2017.
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