WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sam Walker, who has a huge online following due to his criminal lifestyle, was left with a mass of staples in his skull after the attack in Spain
A gangster was savagely assaulted days after filming a video at a bar where two Scottish mob bosses were shot to death.
Sam Walker, a self-proclaimed social media influencer with a hefty online following for his criminal exploits, sustained severe injuries in the attack in Spain. He ended up needing a number of staples in his skull.
The bloody assault followed his posting of a clip from Monaghan’s bar in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. In May, Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were gunned down in the same bar in front of terrified customers who had been watching the Champions League final.
Walker, from Liverpool, visited the murder scene shortly after the shocking incident and broadcasted it on his Instagram and TikTok accounts. At the end of the video he says: “This is a message to any one of yous out here.
“Stay on point, because if you get caught slipping. That’s what happens. Three people have been whacked, two people are dead. Have a nice day, bam bam.”
His actions were seen as disrespectful to the recently deceased victims, however. It was then later revealed that Walker had been brutally attacked in Puerto Banus nearby, where he suffered serious head wounds that bloggers speculated involved golf clubs.
Following surgery in a Spanish hospital, he released several videos seemingly flaunting the staples in his skull. A source told the Daily Record: “Sam Walker is very well known and has a big social media following but he is not in the same criminal league as some of the big players who have settled here.
“Walker is known to create noise around his movements and to chase followers and hits, so there was scepticism at the seriousness of the attack at the start. But it does seem that he was very badly injured. It has been reported on several social media channels that the side of his head was ‘caved in’ and fragments of bone were lodged in his brain.”
The insider continued: “We don’t know for sure but the video he made shortly after the Glasgow people were murdered did not go down well in some quarters and there remains the question that he was attacked as revenge.
“Spanish police are well aware of this suggestion. There are various theories as to the motive for the attack. It is almost certainly related to gangland grudges.”
Walker’s recent years have seen him globetrotting to Sierra Leone, Turkey, Cyprus, Ireland, Thailand among other places, rubbing shoulders with drug dealers and assorted criminals. Despite his large Instagram and TikTok fanbase, he often faces ridicule for allegedly concocting tales.
Yet he has also engaged in acts of kindness and charity work in Africa. In the summer of 2018, Walker shared footage of himself amidst jubilant children in an impoverished Sierra Leonean slum.
Notorious Walker has recently been seen delivering a container full of supplies and setting up a water tank and pipes in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Amidst applause and cheers, a local man expressed gratitude: “We are happy that our brother Sam has come to help us with water and sanitation. We thank God for him.”
Walker confidently declared to the camera: “Now, no child is going to have to drink dirty water again.” The infamous crook embarked on an elaborate journey to reach his destination, travelling by private jet to Belgium, flying to Spain, hopping on a cargo ship to Morocco, and then driving across the Sahara desert.
Throughout his travels, he brazenly taunted the police on social media, boasting at the end of his grand voyage: “Better luck trying to catch me when I go out of the country next time, Merseyside Police.”
In March of the previous year, Walker had openly ridiculed the police after he skipped bail in the UK and escaped to Sierra Leone via private jet. His capture came as he was broadcasting live on TikTok, apprehended by local armed officers.
Walker, who has admitted to a long life of crime, including drug, weapon and driving charges, once threatened to tend the career of footballer Ross Barkley’s career. At one point, he also found himself in an unexpected quarrel with actor Stephen Fry.
The Scouser reportedly has more than 130 offences to his name and last September was found guilty of contempt of court for live streaming from an Irish courtroom on TikTok while there entering a guilty plea for driving-related charges.