HARDMAN Ross Monaghan walks the walk with gangland heavies after returning home weeks after he was shot by a pram-pushing hitman.
The swaggering thug put on a show of bravado as he strutted through Glasgow escorted by three cronies.
Monaghan, 35 — who flew back to the city from a Spanish bolthole — broke cover yesterday in the company of Eddie Lyons jnr, 37, Andrew Gallacher, 38, and Liam Boyle, 36.
An underworld source said: “They go way back so it’s no surprise they’ve teamed up again.
“From looking at him you wouldn’t have been able to tell he was shot at a few weeks ago.
“He was swaggering about as if he didn’t have a care in the world.
"Walking about in public so openly is obviously an act of defiance.”
Monaghan took two bullets in the shoulder when a pram-pushing gunman disguised in thick woollies shot him as he dropped off his daughter off at St George’s Primary in Penilee, Glasgow.
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Days after the attack on January 16 we revealed he fled with his family to Malaga on the Costa del Sol in fear for his life.
Our exclusive pictures today show him out in public for the first time since his return as he goes walkabout near the River Clyde.
We previously told how a £5,000 reward was put up to snare the gunman who tried to take Monaghan out amid fears that witnesses were too scared to speak out because of the victim’s gangland connections.
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- Ross Monaghan Age: 35 A senior underworld figure for a number of years, he has strong links to the Lyons crime clan.
- Eddie Lyons Jnr Age: 37 Eddie – son of notorious crime boss Eddie Lyons Snr - survived being shot at close range on his doorstep in 2006.
- Andrew Gallacher Age: 38 Lyons lieutenant – known as Dumbo – is one of the crime clan’s closest allies. He was once shot by Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll.
- Liam Boyle Age: 36 A Club Boy gang crony of the Lyons, he was slashed across the face during an attack in 2012.
Detectives have also widened their probe to take in Chinese firms in a bid to trace the would-be killer through the new pram he was pushing.
It’s feared the attempted assassination could spark a spate of similar attacks in the city.
The rival Daniel and Lyons families have been locked in a tit-for-tat drugs war since 2001.
It is believed the gunman plotted to strike outside the school on January 13 — the seventh anniversary of the death of notorious Daniel clan enforcer Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll, 29.
Monaghan was cleared of blasting him to death at an Asda car park in Robroyston, Glasgow, in 2010 after his trial collapsed.
When he didn’t show up on the 13th, the attack came three days later instead.
Cops said inquiries into the hit attempt continue.
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