Slain Daniel Kevin Carroll planned to hit the Lyons crime gang in their pockets by setting up a rival MOT station.

The 29-year-old gangster secured land near David Lyons' Applerow garage in Lambhill, Glasgow, and recruited a frontman.Police were aware of Carroll's plan before he was shot dead at Asda in Robroyston, near Glasgow, in January.A source said: "It was a case of putting two fingers up at the Lyons and forcing them out."There was an incident on the land shortly before Carroll's death and that's when police realised what was going on."Just days ago, UK transport minister Lord Adonis defied the police by refusing to shut Lyons' business.The yard was the scene of a triple shooting that killed Lyons' nephew Michael, 21.Police supplied the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency with an eight-page intelligence dossier on Lyons.Glasgow MSP Bob Doris and councillor Billy McAllister also urged Adonis to act - but despite fears over public safety, he has refused to close the yard. A letter written by his junior minister, Paul Clark MP, said officials had secretly scrapped the vetting of garage operators wanting to run MOT stations.Since November, it has not been necessary for prospective examiners to provide "character or financial references".Clark added: "Such references are easily falsified." SNP member Doris is to raise the issue at a crime summit tomorrow at Glasgow City Chambers.Strathclyde Police's drive to share intelligence on criminals with other public bodies to stop them winning contracts has come unstuck in recent months.NHS chiefs in Glasgow handed a s2million-a-year contract to Network Private Hire despite police saying the firm was linked to organised crime. The firm denied the claims.And the Security Industry Authority has been forced to return licences to crooks.Strathclyde Police said last night: "This matter is far from concluded."