Six suspects allegedly part of a criminal gang have gone on trial charged with plotting to kill men linked to another crime mob.

Prosecutors state they were part of a crew known as “the Lyons” and targeted individuals associated with “the Daniel'” clan.

This allegedly involved a string of murder bids over 15-months – including an attack on Glasgow's M8 motorway.

Brian Ferguson, 37, Andrew Gallacher, 40, Robert Pickett, 53, Andrew Sinclair, 32, John Hardie, 35 and Peter Bain, 4, deny the charges at the High Court in Glasgow.

The “Lyons” and “Daniel” gangs are each described in the indictment as a “serious organised crime group”.

It is first claimed the six did “conspire” with others to “murder members or associates” of the Daniel clan.

It is alleged they targeted Robert Daniel, Thomas Bilsland, Gary Petty, Ryan Fitzsimmons and Steven Daniel.

The charge spans between June 2016 and September 2017 listing locations in Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Manchester.

The alleged plot is said to involve putting tracking devices on motors used by the five.

It is claimed there was the also the use of weapons, stolen vehicles, encrypted mobile phones and “electronic signal blockers”.

The indictment goes on to list details of alleged murder bids on the five men.

It is claimed Robert Daniel was the victim of an attack in the city's Robroyston in December 2016 involving his car being rammed before he was chased into a property and struck with a machete.

It is stated Thomas Bilsland was tailed to the city's Cranhill in January 2017 then allegedly attacked with a hatchet, hammer and a knife.

Gary Petty was said to have been tracked to a street in the city's Maryhill before it is claimed he was also set upon in March last year.

Prosecutors state he was surrounded before being hit with machetes and a baton.

It is claimed Ryan Fitzsimmons was the next target in April last year in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire when he was knocked unconscious after being hit with a knife, hammer and axe.

Steven Daniel is said to be the last of the five allegedly attacked, with claims he was chased at high speed and eventually rammed at the on-ramp of the M8 motorway in Glasgow's Port Dundas.

The attackers allegedly smashed windows of the vehicle before hitting Daniel with a cleaver, hammer and “sharp bladed implements” in May last year.

Lord Mulholland told jurors the case could last 12 weeks.

The trial continues.