Man jailed for setting fire to home of murdered gangster's partner

A gangland foot soldier who set fire to the family home of the partner of murdered gangster Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll has been jailed for three years.

Owen Martin, 21, fled after starting the blaze at Kelly Green's property in Glasgow's Drumchapel on 13 May, 2025.

Green, her 21-year-old son Konnor, his friend and three children had to leave the house in the middle of the night.

Martin was later caught as part of Operation Portaledge - the police investigation into a recent serious organised crime feud in Scotland.

Green's father was the late crime boss Jamie Daniel, who died of cancer in 2016.

Daniel's crime enforcer Carroll was gunned down in an Asda car park in Robroyston, Glasgow in 2010.

Martin pleaded guilty to wilful fire raising to the danger of the lives of Kelly Green, Konnor Green, Stephen Jackson and three children.

At the sentencing at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Martin was told it was an "exceptionally serious offence".

"If you set fire to someone's house in the middle of the night there is a real likelihood that the occupants in there can be adults or children", Sheriff Andrew McIntyre said.

"It is a quite shocking offence and an exceptionally serious offence.

"I have taken account of your age but that does not mean that you should not go to prison.

"It is so serious and the public need to be protected."

Martin will also be put under supervision for one year upon his release from prison.

The court was told the victims in this case were "well documented as having links to organised crime groups".

The court heard Kelly Green went to bed around 23:00 on the night of the incident.

Her son Konnor, his friend and three children aged 16, 11 and six were also in the property.

Around 01:40, witness Ibrahim Alhawady drove past Green's home and saw a man throwing liquid from a petrol can to the side of the house, where a fire had already taken hold, the court heard.

Green woke up to see an "orange glow" from her bedroom window.

After getting the children into the back garden she called the fire brigade, who contacted the police because they suspected an accelerant had been used.

Officers found damage to the PVC living room windows and a plastic bottle beneath them.

The court also heard a taxi driver collected Martin and a woman at 00:15 on the night of the fire, and asked for a green petrol can Martin was carrying to be removed because of the smell.

The woman then threw the can into bushes on Glenkirk Drive.

Paul McCue, defending, told the court: "He is genuinely remorseful for what he did and there is no getting around that this was a serious offence which he understands and has reflected on it."