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Motorcycle gang member planted pipe bomb under rival's father's van in 'bizarre feud' A tattooed motorcycle gang member who planted a pipe bomb under a rival's father's van amid an ongoing feud has been jailed for nine years. Daniel Laponder, 43, targeted David Rollo senior's work van outside his home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on June 8 2024. Mr Rollo's son is a member of the Blue Angels Motorcycle Club - stated to be the oldest "outlaw" biker club in Europe. Ground worker Laponder is an ex-member of the Blue Angels who subsequently formed his own Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club after he left.

The High Court in Glasgow was told that the two rival clubs are "engaged in a feud" with each other. Laponder was later snared with a shotgun which he kept on his barge where he resided in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire.

Laponder pled guilty in September to wilful fire raising and possession of the shotgun without the authority of the Secretary of State or Scottish Ministers. Judge Lord Arthurson told Laponder at Tuesday's sentencing that the background to the offences were "somewhat bizarre stemming from a feud between the Blue Angels and Mad Dogs after you left the Blue Angels."

The judge added: "A very substantial custodial disposal is inevitable in this case."