BLINK: I'LL LEAD INOUIRY INTO MY OWN CHIBBING; Slashed gangster's boast.Byline: Paul O'Hare GANGSTER Ian "Blink" McDonald has told police he'll carry out his own investigation into the knife attack which has left him scarred for life. The convicted bank robber - who has been at the centre of two assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. bids in four days - was released from hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery. Blink, who has turned down police protection, told The Record: "I am dealing with this inquiry myself. "I told police: 'I'm going to be judge, jury and executioner EXECUTIONER. The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman. 2. In the United States, executions are so rare that there are no executioners by profession. and it's up to you to catch me'. "I'm taking this into my own hands." McDonald, 48, was ambushed, battered and slashed on the face by three men on Tuesday near his mum's house in Provanmill, Glasgow. The attack came just days after a gas bomb was discovered under his Mercedes parked outside his penthouse flat near Hogganfield Loch, Riddrie. Police spent the weekend forensically examining the car and it was handed back to McDonald yesterday. CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. officers visited him before he was released from Glasgow Royal Infirmary The Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) is a large teaching hospital, operated since 1947 by NHS Scotland, situated on the north-eastern edge of the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland at . to update him on the investigation. But the notorious hood told them he has no plans to keep a low profile, vowing to go out in public wearing a Chelsea top with "Blink 1" on the back. McDonald said: "The police said: 'Do you know who done it?' "And I said: 'Listen. I'm going to be frank here. "'I have slashed many people and they have not stuck me in. "'Some people have but I would be a hypocrite to say anything. "I know who done it. I've got the reggie of their motor and I know what motor they were in." Asked how the police reacted, he said: "They said: 'You can't take the law into your own hands' and told me to cool down. "I told them I won't cool down. "I will be going round pubs to see people, send out a message and try and find out who the perpetrators were." On Wednesday surgeons patched up a gaping wound which ran from his left ear to his throat. McDonald said: "It's the first time I've been ripped, at 48 years of age, and I'm not greetin' about it. But the police are not dealing with it. I'm dealing with it - my way." He also revealed he made a complaint to the police on Wednesday night about his prized black Mercedes. Victim Blink said: "Under the Human Rights Act I am supposed to be the victim. I don't want a tracker on it so I can go about my business and conduct this inquiry on my own." McDonald believes the slashing and bombing bid may be linked his work with the Bravo TV Bravo TV may refer to:
Danny Dyer was born in Canning Town[2] and is still currently based in East London together with his family. Living Dangerously. He said: "The word had got out that I was doing a programme with Danny Dyer and I was going to reveal everything about a certain mob. That could have triggered it." Bravo said they are conducting test shoots across the UK but a spokeswoman said McDonald will not be appearing.. CAPTION(S): FLASHBACK: How we reported the attempts to kill Blink |
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