In his book, he was described as a real-life Tom Hagen, the fictional adviser to the Corleone mafia family in The Godfather movies.
Suddenly that lunchtime and without warning three men burst in and confronted McIntyre.McIntyre had no idea what it was all about, but he immediately grabbed the intruder round the neck, and returned the punches.
There the nurses clamped the gaping wounds and covered him from top to toe in iodine, to prevent infection.The thigh was quickly stapled together. Police spoke to McIntyre several times after the attack but he would not disclose the name of the man who stabbed him, thought to be a rival of one of his clients. Even to this day McIntyre won’t say who was responsible.
The book describes him as a real-life Tom Hagen, the fictional adviser to the Corleone mafia family in The GodfatherIt also details his relationship with the notorious McGovern family – six brothers known as the McGovernment because of the control that they allegedly exerted over the Springburn area of Glasgow where they operated.
However, his application to become a lawyer was refused by the Law Society of Scotland who said he was not ‘a fit and proper person’. Eighteen months later he admitted a reduced charge of dangerous driving after the attempted murder charge was dropped and fined £400. A third, Tony McGovern, was shot dead outside the New Morven bar in Balornock in 2000 and McIntyre attended his funeral.
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