This is the first-ever photo of the alleged hitman behind this summer’s infamous double assassination in Fuengirola.
Michael Terrence Riley, 45, is accused of gunning down Glasgow crime bosses Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr outside Monaghan’s Bar on the night of May 31.
The Liverpudlian’s mugshot, who is being held at Madrid’s Soto del Real prison, was obtained by the Liverpool Echo this week.
The two victims were both senior figures linked to the long-running underworld feud between the Lyons and Daniel crime clans in Scotland.
The double shooting occured while they were watching the Champions League final.
According to investigators, Riley approached the terrace, opened fire and killed the first target instantly.
His weapon then jammed, in a moment that could have aborted the entire attack. Instead, officers say Riley calmly fixed the malfunction, followed the second victim into the bar as he tried to flee, and shot him dead inside the premises before escaping the country.
He was arrested two weeks later, on June 13, during a police operation in Liverpool.
Riley initially contested extradition, with his lawyer Renata Pinter telling Westminster Magistrates’ Court that he suffered from depression and anxiety, and feared he could be targeted by rival criminals if sent to a Spanish prison.
She even argued that extradition could breach Article 3 of the Human Rights Act.
But on October 7, in a dramatic U-turn, Riley withdrew his objections and agreed to face trial in Spain.
The decision has allowed the Costa del Sol investigation to move forward with the alleged hitman now under Spanish jurisdiction.
The Policia Nacional have emphasised the extreme danger posed by the suspect. Pedro Agudo Novo, chief superintendent overseeing the investigation in Malaga, said Riley demonstrated an ‘exceptional level of professionalism’ during the attack, from overcoming the weapon jam, to the way he pursued his second target.
Detectives also believe Riley prepared his escape route with meticulous detail.
He is alleged to have studied local CCTV coverage, checked for surveillance, and put in place a getaway plan that would have taken him to an offshore tax haven without an extradition treaty.
He was reportedly hours away from fleeing his hiding place when arrested.
The killings are the latest chapter in the violent and entrenched turf war between the Lyons and Daniel families, both rival Scottish clans battling for control of Glasgow’s drug trade.
The feud has seen shootings, petrol bombings and targeted attacks for almost two decades.
In 2006, Michael Lyons (a relative of one of the Fuengirola victims) was murdered in a garage in an attack ordered by a hitman working for the Daniel clan.
Four years later in 2010, that same enforcer, Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll, was himself shot dead outside an Asda supermarket, in a case in which Ross Monaghan was acquitted.
In 2017, Monaghan survived another assassination attempt outside a school in Glasgow, prompting him to flee to Spain for safety.
By May 2025, he had settled on the Costa del Sol, where he and Eddie Lyons Jr were ultimately hunted down.
Police Scotland have made 62 arrests linked to recent outbreaks of violence between the clans, though authorities have not formally connected the Fuengirola shootings to the latest incidents in Glasgow.
