A Scots drug baron who fled from an open prison was warned his life was in danger before he went on the run, underworld sources claim
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These warnings are issued to individuals when cops discover that someone wants to kill them, but do not have enough evidence to make an arrest. David Togher, the right-hand man of Edinburgh cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson, 36, was later jailed for six years for his role in the ambush. McGovern was sentenced to 17 years jail after firing two rounds from a shotgun outside the Gauntlet Bar, in Broomhouse, Edinburgh, in 2008.
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