The dad of sadistic torture killer Dean MacLeod ran a notorious gang - and is said to be the inspiration behind Irvine Welsh's crazed character Begbie from cult classic Trainspotting. MacLeod ...

It later followed up in 2017 with sequel T2 Trainspotting, which saw original stars Ewan Bremner (Spud), Robert Carlyle ...

They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle). Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship ...

(L-R) Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton and Robert Carlyle as Francis Begbie in "T2 Trainspotting." Robert Carlyle as Francis Begbie in "T2 Trainspotting." (L-R) Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton and Jonny ...

Early on in our transatlantic phone conversation, it suddenly becomes unclear whether I’m chatting to Irvine Welsh or Frank Begbie ... who had fled at the end of Trainspotting with his cash.

Sick Boy and Begbie and the bonds between them. It is three decades since we first met the Trainspotting crew and they are raring to return next summer.” "Men In Love" is published on 3 July ...