Scots hitman rushed to hospital after bloodbath attack amid jail power struggle (2024)

A NOTORIOUS hitman was rushed to hospital after a brutal jail attack linked to a prison power struggle, we can reveal.

Killer Christopher Hughes, 35, caged for gunning down a Dutch crime figure, was targeted in an exercise yard bloodbath at Low Moss nick, near Glasgow.

Underworld insiders said the attack was part of a mounting power struggle at Low Moss prison — home to some of Scotland’s most violent cons.

The brute, who caged for gunning down a Dutch crime figure, was rushed by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary after last month’s savage beating.

The savagery comes amid fears of growing tension between mob rivals housed in the Bishopbriggs nick, near Glasgow.

Cops last night confirmed they’re probing the assault but no one has been charged.
A source told The Scottish Sun: “Hughes was assaulted in the exercise yard.

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“He was beaten to the point where he needed to be blue-lighted to the hospital. It was carnage.”

They added: “The attack was ordered by another high-level con.

“Low Moss is facing a power struggle between some of the most notorious inmates.

“It’s an intense battle for power with rivals fighting to be top dog.

“There are so many feared gangsters inside now that it’s inevitable that tensions rise and someone will try to be the main man.”

Among the fearsome figures being held in Low Moss is Martyn Fitzsimmons, 44 - a soldier turned gangland thug.

He was caged for 10 and a half years in 2018 for his role in a £200million drugs supergang.

They imported a ton of cocaine into Scotland every year and were involved in abduction, torture, guns and drugs.

Their reign of terror was ended after detectives discovered a stash of weapons in Glasgow that linked the mob to a brutal attack on supergrass Robert Allan.

Another top-level hood, who can’t be named, is also in the jail after he was caged for nine years.

He boasted he could make £10million a year from trafficking cocaine, guns and dirty cash.

And insiders say a maniac once branded Scotland’s most dangerous teen is now a feared enforcer there.

Darren Cornelius, 34, boosted his reputation by winning the backing of a notorious cocaine kingpin.

We told last year of claims his explosive temper saw him lash out at warders before he was cuffed and thrown into solitary at Low Moss.

They said: “Cornelius is a complete maniac who is known and feared throughout the country’s prison system.”

Hughes was caged for life over Martin Kok’s assassination. He lured the Dutch crime figure and journalist, 49, to a sex club near Amsterdam in 2016.

He was then caught on CCTV fleeing the scene after Kok was gunned down.

Hughes was snared in Turin, Italy, using a fake Latvian ID.

And the killer was caged in April 2022 at the High Court in Stirling, where he was told he must serve at least 25 years before he is eligible for release on licence.

We told previously of safety fears among jail staff linked to a surge in gangland rivals being locked up.

Phil Fairlie, of the Prison Officers Association, said the threat posed by caged hoods to warders has never been higher.

He said: “The level of threat and intimidation staff are facing is the worst I’ve seen.”

The Scottish Prison Service earlier revealed crime groups took out contracts worth £2.8million for attacks on rivals behind bars last year.

There were 108 serious assaults on lags, up 61 per cent on 2020/21.

More than 50 involved inmates with links to organised crime.

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A Police Scotland spokesman said last night: “Enquiries are ongoing following a report that a 35-year-old man was injured within Low Moss Prison, Bishopbriggs.”

A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said: “We don’t comment on individuals.”