Basil Burns: Wee Jamie Sent Him to Throw Acid at a Journalist
Blood & Concrete
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🔴 Basil Burns disguised himself as a Royal Mail postman, knocked on a journalist's door two days before Christmas 2015, and threw sulphuric acid in his face while the man's daughter was inside. Basil Burns, a Lyons gang hitman with convictions for shooting a security guard and stealing a cake at gunpoint, was heard saying "Wee Jamie sends his regards" as police led him away — six words that pointed directly to Jamie Stevenson, the Iceman, Scotland's most significant cocaine trafficker.
In this video we cover the full story — the postman disguise, the delivery card ruse, how the journalist fought back and held Burns on his own doorstep, the daughter who ran for help, the six words heard by a neighbour, the trial where Burns claimed Findlay threw the acid on his own face, the ten-year sentence, the four cold case murders Findlay has linked to Burns, and the moment in July 2026 when Burns walked out of prison while the man he attacked leads the Scottish Conservative Party.
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⏱️ CHAPTERS — see timestamps below
This video connects directly to our Jamie Stevenson Iceman video — the man whose regards Basil Burns was allegedly sending. Watch it on the channel.
⚠️ No criminal charge has ever been brought against Jamie Stevenson in connection with the acid attack. The words heard by the neighbor are part of the public court record only.
📌 If you have information about any of the four unsolved murders linked to Burns contact Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
SOURCES listed below.
Timestamps
0:00
December 23 2015 — 8:30am, a postman at the door
2:00
The delivery card — the ruse that got him close enough
3:30
Sulphuric acid — what it does and why it was chosen
5:00
Findlay fights back — holds Burns on the doorstep
6:30
The daughter runs for help — the neighbour with the water
8:00
"Wee Jamie sends his regards" — six words heard by a neighbour
10:00
Who Russell Findlay was — Scottish Sun, two books, two enemies
12:00
Who William Basil Burns was — Paisley, career criminal
14:00
The cake and the gun — 1996, six years for stealing a cake
15:30
The Post Office robbery — shooting a security guard, 15 years
17:00
Released early — the sentence that ran until July 2016
18:30
Wee Jamie — Jamie Stevenson, the Iceman, the books Findlay wrote
20:30
The Bishopbriggs shooting — Burns acquitted three months before
22:00
Alexander Porter — the getaway driver, not proven, dead
23:30
The trial — Burns claimed Findlay threw acid on his own face
25:30
The verdict — guilty, assaulting to the danger of his life
27:00
Lord Matthews sentencing — freedom of the Press, 10 years
29:00
The four cold case murders Findlay has linked to Burns
31:00
July 2026 — Burns released, Findlay posts his photograph
33:00
Findlay leads the Scottish Conservative Party
35:00
The extended sentence — five years supervision, what it means
37:00
The Lyons connection — Burns within the gang war
38:30
Disclaimer
This video is produced for educational and historical purposes only. All information is drawn from court records, Scottish High Court sentencing documents and published press reporting. William Burns was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow in June 2017 and sentenced at Aberdeen in July 2017. No criminal charge has ever been brought against Jamie Stevenson in connection with the acid attack on Russell Findlay. The words heard by a neighbour are part of the public court record only. This channel does not glorify or promote criminal activity of any kind.
Sources
Scottish Daily Express — Burns set for release — https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.u...
Yahoo News UK — Burns released July 2026 — https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hes-dangero...
Clyde 1 — Burns found guilty — https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/loc...
Daily Record — Burns sentencing — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-...
Scottish Daily Mail — 10 years jail — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scotti...
The Herald — Findlay trial testimony — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-he...
The Scotsman — Trial coverage — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sc...
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Basil Burns: Wee Jamie Sent Him to Throw Acid at a Journalist
Blood & Concrete
4,755 views
🔴 Basil Burns disguised himself as a Royal Mail postman, knocked on a journalist's door two days before Christmas 2015, and threw sulphuric acid in his face while the man's daughter was inside. Basil Burns, a Lyons gang hitman with convictions for shooting a security guard and stealing a cake at gunpoint, was heard saying "Wee Jamie sends his regards" as police led him away — six words that pointed directly to Jamie Stevenson, the Iceman, Scotland's most significant cocaine trafficker.
In this video we cover the full story — the postman disguise, the delivery card ruse, how the journalist fought back and held Burns on his own doorstep, the daughter who ran for help, the six words heard by a neighbour, the trial where Burns claimed Findlay threw the acid on his own face, the ten-year sentence, the four cold case murders Findlay has linked to Burns, and the moment in July 2026 when Burns walked out of prison while the man he attacked leads the Scottish Conservative Party.
🔔 Subscribe for weekly Scottish true crime documentaries → @bloodandconcrete
⏱️ CHAPTERS — see timestamps below
This video connects directly to our Jamie Stevenson Iceman video — the man whose regards Basil Burns was allegedly sending. Watch it on the channel.
⚠️ No criminal charge has ever been brought against Jamie Stevenson in connection with the acid attack. The words heard by the neighbor are part of the public court record only.
📌 If you have information about any of the four unsolved murders linked to Burns contact Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
SOURCES listed below.
Timestamps
0:00
December 23 2015 — 8:30am, a postman at the door
2:00
The delivery card — the ruse that got him close enough
3:30
Sulphuric acid — what it does and why it was chosen
5:00
Findlay fights back — holds Burns on the doorstep
6:30
The daughter runs for help — the neighbour with the water
8:00
"Wee Jamie sends his regards" — six words heard by a neighbour
10:00
Who Russell Findlay was — Scottish Sun, two books, two enemies
12:00
Who William Basil Burns was — Paisley, career criminal
14:00
The cake and the gun — 1996, six years for stealing a cake
15:30
The Post Office robbery — shooting a security guard, 15 years
17:00
Released early — the sentence that ran until July 2016
18:30
Wee Jamie — Jamie Stevenson, the Iceman, the books Findlay wrote
20:30
The Bishopbriggs shooting — Burns acquitted three months before
22:00
Alexander Porter — the getaway driver, not proven, dead
23:30
The trial — Burns claimed Findlay threw acid on his own face
25:30
The verdict — guilty, assaulting to the danger of his life
27:00
Lord Matthews sentencing — freedom of the Press, 10 years
29:00
The four cold case murders Findlay has linked to Burns
31:00
July 2026 — Burns released, Findlay posts his photograph
33:00
Findlay leads the Scottish Conservative Party
35:00
The extended sentence — five years supervision, what it means
37:00
The Lyons connection — Burns within the gang war
38:30
Disclaimer
This video is produced for educational and historical purposes only. All information is drawn from court records, Scottish High Court sentencing documents and published press reporting. William Burns was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow in June 2017 and sentenced at Aberdeen in July 2017. No criminal charge has ever been brought against Jamie Stevenson in connection with the acid attack on Russell Findlay. The words heard by a neighbour are part of the public court record only. This channel does not glorify or promote criminal activity of any kind.
Sources
Scottish Daily Express — Burns set for release — https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.u...
Yahoo News UK — Burns released July 2026 — https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hes-dangero...
Clyde 1 — Burns found guilty — https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/loc...
Daily Record — Burns sentencing — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-...
Scottish Daily Mail — 10 years jail — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scotti...
The Herald — Findlay trial testimony — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-he...
The Scotsman — Trial coverage — https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sc...
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