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Archive for October, 2018

Barlinne Replaced
Oct 30th, 2018
Scotland's largest jail has to be sold and replaced with a new site. The Scottish prison service has identified three sites that need approval from the government. The new prison will cost around £100 million and will remain in the Glasgow area. The Scottish prison...
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Boyfriend Killed With Bottle
Oct 19th, 2018
Ms Alexis Cook attacked her boyfriend James McGrogan with a bottle of bourbon at his North Lanarkshire flat in March of this year. Prosecutors accepted Ms Cook’s guilty plea to a reduced charge of culpable homicide after she was expected to stand Trial for Mr...
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Woman Escapes Jail Over Driving Death
Oct 12th, 2018
Ms Carruthers was order to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work after she lied to the police that she was driving a car that killed a woman when it was in fact her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, Mr Anderson, has been jailed for six years. He was driving twice the speed limit...
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Rapist Jailed After Claiming Young Woman Abused Him
Oct 12th, 2018
 Mr Morrison has been jailed after pleading guilty to raping two teenage girls over a 5 year period at the High Court in Glasgow. Lord Boyd has deferred sentence until next month for background report and held Mr Morrison in custody. Mr Morrison told the young women...
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Sex Offender Jailed Indefinitely
Oct 10th, 2018
A twenty six year old has been jailed for an indefinitely after indecently assaulting a 14-year-old and only weeks later attempting to assault a 15-year-old girl by dragging her down an alley. The High Court in Edinburgh heard these two attacks happened while Mr...
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Three Men Are To Stand Trial Charged With Acid Attack
Oct 10th, 2018
Three men from North Lanarkshire have to face trial over an alleged acid attack. The three men have pled not guilty to attacking three men and a woman with acid in October of last year in a Cumbernauld home. Prosecutors claim "acid or a similar corrosive liquid" was...
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Driver Jailed For Five Years
Oct 3rd, 2018
Mr Shields who crashed into a woman’s car causing her death last year has been jailed for five years. He has also been given a driving ban of seven years and six months. The accused pled guilty to the charge of death by dangerous driving after a crash near Dumfries....
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Housebreaker Jailed For Seven Years
Oct 2nd, 2018
Mr Hannigan broke in to a woman’s flat in Leith on the 3rd of February 2018 armed with a blade and demanded money from her. The man filled a suitcase with belongings before ordering Ms Kerr to drive to an ATM to take out her money for him. Mr Hannigan was released from...
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Man Jailed 12 Years For Edinburgh Murder
Oct 2nd, 2018
Mr Allan attacked Mr Squires near a Hearts Supports Club in October of 2017 after they both attended a charity night at the venue. The victim later died at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Mr Allan had no previous convictions and denied murdering the 44 year old but he was...
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