The assassination of Kok had been investigated as part of Police Scotland’s Operation Escalade.
Kok – who had served 15 years in prison for killing two men – started a crime blog when he was released in 2015.It quickly became one of the best read sites in Holland, detailing the activities of criminals in his homeland.Kok said at the time: “I thought it would be fun to write about crime – I knew a lot about it.”In the summer of 1988, at the age of 21, Kok shot a rival who had undercut his drug business.The victim died a day later, and Kok went to prison for five years.
Kok said at the time: “I’m on so many lists, all I have to do is bow my head and they’ll kill each other.”This time they asked a crime gang run by two brothers from Glasgow to arrange the hit as a favour. He met Kok on Friday, December 8, 2016, in the CitizenM hotel in the heart of Amsterdam to discuss the £13,000 deal.
He had told detectives he was there to do a business deal with Kok – over the advertising – and had no idea who would want to kill him. He spoke about the gun jamming and then the second attempt on his life at the sex club, unaware that his confidant was now a paid police informer.Now he was no longer a witness to the murder – he was a prime suspect with enough evidence to charge him.
The brothers from humble beginnings in Rutherglen had built up a global criminal network with links to the Colombian drug cartels that generated more than £100m a year. Trial judge Lady Scott told the jury that they must clear Hughes on the murder charge if they did not believe the supergrass.He was also convicted of importing controlled drugs, possessing firearms and ammunition.
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