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Dave Finlay & edinburghlive Administrator

Violent Edinburgh gangster jailed over 'waterboarding' terrified drug users

A vicious Edinburgh gangland figure who inflicted terror and torture on drug users as he carried out a lucrative narcotics trade has been jailed for nine years and 10 months.

Shaun McKinnon, 35, subjected two men to "waterboarding" and had hot water poured on them, leaving one victim feeling "unbelievable" pain.

McKinnon targeted the pair for torture after "an arithmetical error" over drug sales left him believing that £750 worth of crack cocaine had been stolen.

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