Gangland-linked tycoon and convicted wifebeater Frankie “Donuts” Donaldson attended a rally protesting against lockdown laws.
Donaldson was one of about 40 demonstrators at the Glasgow event – despite police warning that those turning up could face arrest.
The 60-year-old thug was jailed in 2017 for a string of attacks on his ex-girlfriend, Jane Clarke, and her sister.
Donaldson – a close associate of gangster George “Goofy” Docherty who was murdered in 2006 – was released just eight months into a two-year sentence for the domestic abuse charges.
Six months later, he survived being stabbed in the street by a masked knifeman. Police treated the incident as attempted murder. It was the third time he’d suffered a knife attack in 16 months.
In April 2017, Donaldson was the victim of a “targeted” knife attack in Cumbernauld.
Four months later, he was slashed in the face at Low Moss jail in an attack thought to have been ordered by an Edinburgh drug dealer. Now Donaldson appears to have turned his attention to Scotland’s lockdown laws, turning up at the rally in Glasgow Green on Saturday.
The protest, organised by the UK Freedom Movement and linked to various shadowy right-wing groups, was one of several held across the UK, including others at Queens Park in Glasgow and Holyrood Park in Edinburgh.
A police spokesman said: “Where a small number of people attended gatherings in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, officers engaged with them and encouraged them to return home.
“Enforcement action was taken as a last resort and three warnings were issued to people at Queens Park in Glasgow, while at the Glasgow Green gathering, a 41- year-old man was arrested and charged with a breach of the peace. He will appear at court at a later date.”
The Record revealed on Friday that far-right campaigners were linked to a protest group which tried to encourage Scots to break lockdown. Jayda Fransen, the former deputy leader of
anti-Muslim group Britain First, and Richard Inman, an anti-Muslim protester, were associated with plans to hold the mass public picnic gatherings.
They suggested to people to “bring a picnic”, and declare: “We say no to the Coronavirus Bill, no to mandatory vaccines, no to the new normal, and no to the unlawful lockdown.”
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had warned anyone taking part in the protests that it would be illegal.
