The Gerbil: Glasgow's Most Hated Informant Shot Dead in 1994

🔫 William Lobban — known as The Gerbil — was the most hated man in Glasgow's criminal underworld. The Gerbil sat at the centre of Arthur Thompson's north Glasgow empire, saw everything, and when the pressure came in 1991, he made the one choice that Glasgow's criminal code never forgives. ⚰️ In this video we trace the full story of William Lobban — from his place inside Arthur Thompson's operation in the 1980s, through the 1991 murders of Fat Boy Thompson, Bobby Glover and Joe Hanlon, through Paul Ferris's trial at the High Court of Edinburgh in 1992, and all the way to a daylight murder in Shettleston in November 1994 that has never produced a single conviction. 📺 We just launched our brand new channel Glasgow Noir — covering Scottish crime from inside the courtroom. The Ferris trial. The failed prosecutions. The witnesses who talked and the system that failed them. Subscribe now 👇 🔗    / @glasgownoirtv   🔔 Subscribe to Blood & Concrete for real Glasgow crime history every week. Hit the bell so you never miss a story. 👇 Drop a comment — was Lobban a victim of a code that gave him no choice? Or did he make a decision he knew would cost him? Let us know below. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Introduction: The One Word That Gets You Killed 1:30 — Glasgow in the 1980s: A City Falling Apart 4:00 — Arthur Thompson Sr: The Godfather of North Glasgow 7:00 — Who Was William Lobban — The Gerbil 10:00 — Paul Ferris and the Thompson Breakdown 13:00 — August 1991: Fat Boy Thompson Shot Dead 15:30 — Bobby Glover and Joe Hanlon: Two Bodies in 48 Hours 17:30 — Lobban Makes His Choice 19:30 — The Ferris Trial: Not Guilty on Every Charge 22:00 — Two Years Living in Glasgow After the Trial 24:00 — November 1994: Shettleston 26:00 — No Conviction. No Justice. No Closure 27:00 — Final Verdict SOURCES Paul Ferris — The Ferris Conspiracy (book)   / 1507441   Wikipedia — Paul Ferris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Fe...) Wikipedia — Arthur Thompson Sr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...) BBC Scotland — Glasgow gangland history https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland The Herald Glasgow — Ferris trial coverage archive https://www.heraldscotland.com Daily Record — William Lobban murder 1994 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk DISCLAIMER This video is produced for educational and historical purposes only. All information presented is drawn from publicly available sources including court records, published books, press reporting, and documented police statements. Blood and Concrete does not glorify, promote, or endorse criminal activity of any kind. William Lobban was a real person. The events described involved real victims and real families. We acknowledge all those affected by the violence covered in this video. #TrueCrime #UKCrime #GlasgowCrime #ScottishCrime #GangWar #ArthurThompson #PaulFerris #TheGerbil #WilliamLobban #GlasgowUnderworld #ScottishHistory #CriminalHistory #GlasgowGangs #NorthGlasgow #TrueCrimeUK #BloodAndConcrete #GlasgowNoir #OrganisedCrime #UKGangsters #ScottishGangsters #GlasgowHistory #CrimeDocumentary #TrueCrimeDocumentary #GangsterHistory #UnsolvedMurder #1990sCrime #GlasgowSchemes #CrimePodcast #GanglandGlasgow #ScottishCriminals