Former gangster Ian “Blink” MacDonald has revealed he is getting help for cocaine addiction. The convicted bank robber told how his lifestyle spiralled out of control using the drug.
The 61-year-old has regularly attended Cocaine Anonymous meetings for the last four months in an effort to kick his habit. It comes after he was convicted of stealing his girlfriend’s Range Rover following a bust-up at a McDonald’s restaurant in Bellshill, Lanarkshire.
MacDonald – who had close links to gangland figures Paul Ferris and Arthur Thompson snr – said: “My use of cocaine got out of hand. It got to the stage that socialising didn’t seem worth it unless it was available.
