The Daniels and the Lyons: 7. Update – Murder in Costa Del Sol

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Livvy Haydock examines the recent deaths of Eddie Lyons Jr. and Ross Monaghan, who were shot dead outside Monaghan’s Bar in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, on 31 May 2025. Spanish police believe the killing was a targeted gangland hit linked to the decades-long conflict between the Daniels and Lyons crime families in Glasgow.

Livvy tracks down eyewitnesses to the double shooting, retraces the getaway route used by the killer and speaks to detectives who give their expert insight into how the murders were carried out. We investigate how the violent feud between the Lyons and Daniel crime families has travelled so far and ask; who is actually pulling the strings?

For a who's who, please visit this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4Czgw23hf0tqsb855CcPKPJ/who-s-who-in-the-story-of-the-daniels-and-the-lyons

Presenter Livvy Haydock Series producer: Paul Grant Researchers: Matt Toulson and Kaya Black Production coordinator: Tim Fernley Technical Producer: Craig Boardman Editor: Tara McDermott

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0:00.0	On July the 7th, 2005, four bombs changed Britain forever.
0:06.0	I see him put his hand in the bag and then there was a brilliantly white, bright flash.
0:12.0	I'm Dominic Hashani. After two decades reporting on terrorism, I'm exploring how 7-7 and the attacks since changed lives,
0:20.0	tested leaders and reshaped the threat we face.
0:23.3	It's not that it woke us up to the nature of the threat, but I think it woke us up to the fact
0:27.4	that obviously what we had in place was not adequate.
0:29.9	The State of Terror. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:34.7	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts.
0:38.8	A quick warning.
0:40.4	This podcast contains strong language and descriptions of violence.
0:47.6	It's a balmy evening in Fuencarola and Spain's Costa Del Sol.
0:55.0	On the beachfront terrace outside Monaghan's bar,
0:59.0	holiday makers and expats, enjoy a relaxed drink
1:02.0	after watching the Champions League final.
1:10.0	Sitting at a table of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr.
1:13.6	Two senior members of the notorious Lyons crime family on Glasgow.
1:19.6	It's been a good night.
1:23.6	Just before midnight, a man wearing a cap and his face covered with a scar walks up to the bar.
1:31.3	He heads straight to their table, pulls out a gun and shoots Eddie Lyons Jr. at point-blank range.
1:40.3	Killing him instantly.
1:46.1	He then turns the gun on Monaghan, but it jams.
1:50.6	Monaghan sees his chance, leaps from his chair and races into the bar in a desperate bid
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