A member of the crime-linked Lyons family has told STV News of the day his nephew was shot dead in his garage in Glasgow - insisting his relatives were "victims, not perpetrators".

David Lyons, the owner of Applerow Motors in Glasgow's Lambhill area, denied all of the claims against his family, said he was not a gangster and that he had no involvement in the drug trade.

Michael Lyons was shot at the garage in December 2006. His uncle, who has no convictions, said: "We were victims that day, not perpetrators.

"I seen the two gunmen walking in and walking towards my nephew's car and I just screamed at all the boys to move ... the gunmen were chasing us, just firing indiscriminately.

"The two gunmen who came in didn't know who they were firing at. They were shooting at anyone."

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Mr Lyons also denied all the claims against his family saying "maybe one or two" were involved in crime but said everyone had been "tarred with the same brush".

He insisted that his family was involved with turf wars, drugs and feuds with other families, and said his business was not used as a front for any illegal activities. "I wouldn't bring my son in here to work if I thought there was anything wrong," he said. "If people were scared for their life, they wouldn't work here. Safety would come first."

In 2008, Raymond Anderson and James McDonald were jailed for 35 years for the shootings at the garage - the highest sentence ever handed down by a Scottish court.

Asked about his wider family's involvement with crime, Mr Lyons admitted that there were "one or two" incidents, but said this was "not to the extent made out in the media". He denied that his relatives were "at war" with the Daniels family. In January, Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll - believed to have links to the Daniels - was shot dead in a Glasgow supermarket car park.

Last week, Vosa, the Vehicle and Operators Service Agency, withdrew Applerow's permission to conduct MoTs.

"If they'd taken my licence in 2006 when [the shootings] happened, I could understand it. But to do it now is beyond a joke," said Mr Lyons.

The agency says it is working with Strathclyde Police to maintain public safety.