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Gordon Blackstock & Lanarkshire Live

Lanarkshire vodka firm with ties to gangsters given taxpayer-funded handouts during pandemic

A Lanarkshire vodka firm linked to a crime cartel was given taxpayer-funded handouts during the pandemic.

Nero Drinks Company Limited, run by Glasgow mum Nicola Morrissey and “enforcer” husband John, was given up to £10,000 as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

The pair are believed to run the drinks firm – which sells bottles of British-made vodka for around £30 each endorsed by celebrities – from their Spanish home in Puerto Banus, near the millionaires’ playground of Marbella.

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