Alex Massie Alex Massie

Trickle-Down Torture

Yes, it’s from the Daily Record but if there’s one thing the Record does well it’s cover gangland Glasgow:

Scots gangsters are using “waterboarding” terror tactics to torture rivals. Hardened crooks have copied the CIA-style interrogation technique where water is poured on to a cloth covering the victim’s mouth and nose to simulate drowning. We can reveal that a leading member of one of Scotland’s most notorious crime clans was tortured by a rival gang using the shock tactics last week. Drug dealer John Fox was terrorised after being snatched off the street by four thugs during a row over stolen drugs. Associates of Fox said he was taken to a flat in Glasgow’s east end, strapped to a scaffolding board, his head covered and water poured over his nose and mouth. One source close to the family said: “It’s taking torture among gangs to a new level, but they’ve all seen how effective it can be, so it’s a new weapon for them. “Some guys will take any amount of pain but it looks as though they crack within seconds of the water being poured over.” According to sources, Fox, 43, was at war with a rival gang from the city’s Barrowfield area over £1000 of stolen drugs.

Whole thing here. You may not weep at the thought of drug dealers behaving in this fashion; you might however be disappointed that they’re taking their cue from the government of the United States of America.

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