Detectives are investigating a break-in which targeted high-value Asian jewellery following a spate of similar thefts. To date, more than £600,000 worth of Asian jewellery and cash have been stolen from homes in the Greater Glasgow police division since July. Police Scotland said last week that 44 incidents have been [...]

A significant rise in housebreaking incidents has seen more than £600,000 worth of Asian jewellery and cash stolen. The high-value items were taken from homes in the Greater Glasgow police division. Most of the 44 incidents reported since July this year happened in Newton Mearns and Robroyston. Police Scotland officers [...]

One of the men accused of murdering Gary Weir has walked free from court after the charges against him were dropped. Prosecutor Bill McVicar withdrew the charge of murder and three counts of attempted murder against Liam Stead. He was accused of murdering Mr Weir, 24, near Shettleston Juniors ground [...]

A cleaner has admitted stealing thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and money from houses where she worked. Clare Robertson, 43, took property from addresses in Glasgow's west end and Tradeston, as well as Bearsden. At one, she stole rings with "much sentimental value" from a 75-year-old woman who lived [...]

A man who raped two teenagers almost 40 years ago has been jailed for seven years. Robert Yule, 53, was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of dragging one victim into a lane near Renfield Street, Glasgow, on 18 May, 1981. He was also found guilty of raping a [...]

Cannabis with a street value of £225,000 has been seized in a raid on a flat in Glasgow. Police from Greater Glasgow division searched a property in Lenzie Terrace in Springburn on Friday 10 November. Two men, aged 23 and 35, were arrested and detained in police custody in connection [...]

A man has admitted fatally stabbing his second cousin after an argument over a lawnmower. Aaron McGuire, 28, fought with 39-year-old Kevin Gallacher on Glencairn Avenue in Wishaw in July this year. At the High Court in Glasgow, McGuire pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. The court heard that his mother [...]

A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder and robbery at an East Ayrshire village shop. A 63-year-old female worker remains in hospital following an incident at Catrine Convenience Store in St Germain Street, Catrine, on Sunday afternoon. James McMurdy, 39, who lives in the village, appeared in [...]

A woman accused of murdering her 14-month-old daughter has said she was "treated like a slave" by her husband's family. Sadia Ahmed denies murdering Inaya Ahmed at their family home in Drumchapel, Glasgow. It has been alleged that she suffocated the child with a pillow on 17 April 2016. She [...]

A winner of reality TV show Come Dine with me has been given a three-year community payback order after admitting having sex with a 15-year-old boy. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Lucy Haughey, 37, arranged via Facebook for the teenager to come to her house. She later told a friend what [...]