Glamorous molls behind high UK gangsters – from celeb make-up artist to pole dancer
There’s more to hard-faced crime lords than just meets the eye. Behind them are their glamorous molls who stuck by their sides while they built their underworld empires.
A moll is usually a woman who is romantically or illegally linked to a gangster. While some of the women connected to the infamous crime figures were passive partners, others acted as direct conspirators.
They often tend to lead lavish lifestyles. But their status means there is more to their lives than just money. With it comes crime, attacks and bloody feuds. These can leave many of them penniless and without anything to their name. Here is a look at the lives of some of the most well-known molls in Scotland in recent times.
Jade Monaghan(Image: Collect)
Jade Monaghan
Jade Monaghan is the widow of mobster Ross Monaghan, who was shot down alongside Eddie Lyons Jr, 46. The killing took place outside his own bar in the Costa Del Sol, in Scotland, on May 31 last year, the Daily Record reports.
A source recently claimed that Jade, 41, has been hounding hoods from the mob in Glasgow and Spain to track down money that had been stashed away 16 months after her husband’s murder. She is reportedly hunting the ‘nest egg’ promised from the Lyons gang before his death.
Mum Jade had faith that gang boss Steven Lyons, 46, would take care of her family, it’s claimed. But the money is said to dried up after he was locked up in Spain.
Ross Monaghan (left) and Eddie Lyons Jnr(Image: Daily Record)
A gangland insider told the Record: “Ross had always told Jade there was a big parcel put by for a rainy day and she wouldn’t go without if anything happened to him. After Ross was murdered she thought it would be handed to her once everything settled down But she “started to panic when he got jailed”, the insider claimed.
Jade married Monaghan in 2014. She once owned a plush children’s designer clothing boutique in Bishopbriggs, just outside Glasgow. It was closed down in 2024 and a notice to strike the firm off was rejected due to debts owed.
Court papers showed that Monaghan left an estate of just £80,000 after his death. The insider added: “Jade lives a life of luxury and that cash was never going to last for long.”
Amanda Lyons
Amanda Lyons with James ‘Arg’ Argent and Chloe Simms.(Image: Facebook)
Amanda Lyons, 38, is the wife of mob leader Steven Lyons. She was arrested earlier this year after police described her as an “active member” of her husband’s crime gang.
She was reportedly left in shock over the collapse of her luxurious lifestyle on the Costa del Sol. She was cuffed by police officer in the United Arab Emirates just days after her husband was held by police in Bali in March.
She was once a makeup artist to TOWIE mega stars James ‘Arg’ Argent and Chloe Simms. She can be seen in throwback snaps with the reality TV pair in Marbella in 2012 where she worked as part of the famous Golden Tarts beauty salon. Lyons also provided glam looks to TOWIE’s Gemma Collins and Lydia Bright.
Lyons later moved to Dubai in 2018 with her husband after giving birth to her first son in 2016. Golden Tarts posted online the following year about Lyons glamming up celebrities in the UAE.
A source claimed her glamorous friends in Spain didn’t think she had anything to do with her husband’s criminal dealings and were shocked at her recent arrest.
The source said: “She started to get involved in helping Steven in organised crime and a lot of people have been left stunned by that.” She is now facing years behind bars.
Kelly Green at the funeral of her slain gangland partner Kevin ‘The Gerbil’ Carroll(Image: Daily Record)
Kelly Bo Green
Kelly Bo Green is the daughter of crime boss Jamie Daniel, who died in 2016 from cancer. Kelly was also the girlfriend of Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll, who was Daniel’s enforcer, before he was murdered in 2010 at the age of 29. Lyons gangster, Billy ‘Buff’ Paterson, was jailed for life.
Green said at his funeral: “He was a lover, a friend, he was my everything.” Their £217,00 home near Glasgow was seized after his death, and she was forced to move out. Her new home was then reportedly set alight by Ross McGill enforcers Tamo Junto (TMJ) linked to the gang feud.
Green was arrested in 2017 after shoplifting £800 worth of clothes and was ordered by a court to carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work as an alternative to prison.
She is believed to be part of the same shoplifting gang that includes her aunt, Annette Daniel, who has 22 convictions for shoplifting and has spent time in jail for theft.
Aileen Daniel
Aileen with her dad, Norman(Image: Facebook)
Aileen Daniel is the daughter of Norman Daniel, who built up a multi-million pound dirty cash empire with his late brother Jamie. She worked at lapdancing bars in Glasgow and was crowned Miss Pole Queen in London in 2006.
She was charged in 2010 with intent to supply cocaine after being caught with a £4,000 stash and £2,400 in cash in her car near Bathgate, West Lothian. Aileen and 10 others were then convicted after an investigation into a man who had been supplying the crime family with drugs.
Aileen Daniel’s motorhome(Image: Daily Record)
In court she admitted the offence and told how she was terrified of her dad, Norman. In recent years she has worked alongside Norman, 72, at a scrap metal firm he owned in Springburn, Glasgow.
Her motorhome was firebombed in April. She shared footage of her van engulfed in flames and wrote: “Broke my heart seeing this done to my motorhome. I am a single mum and no threat to anyone, just an easy target. We live among evil creatures.”
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