Child abuse victim tells of sickening sex attack by woman guard at Scots remand home

raped an 80 year-old woman in her own home has been locked up for eight years. John Laming struck last Christmas Eve just 12 days after he had been freed from jail.

abuse. Dr Marsha Scott, chief executive of Scottish Women’s Aid said: “Implementing Scotland’s new world-leading domestic abuse law has been a huge undertaking for every cog in Scotland’s justice system.“The Crown Office have been an enthusiastic and insightful partner in transforming Scotland’s response to domestic abuse generally and coercive control specifically, and today’s figures are welcome evidence of that.

missing for four days said his disappearance is totally out of character. George Thomson was last seen leaving his home in the Douglas area of Dundee on Thursday afternoon.

miracle baby Annabelle Main, who was born with half a heart, is home after six life-saving operations. The tot has hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and weighed just 4lb when she was born in January .

care home has admitted it was at fault over the death of a multiple sclerosis sufferer who choked on a sausage roll. Richy Passmore died after being left to eat lunch on his own, despite clear instructions that he should always have been supervised.

Nicola Sturgeon has issued a stark warning about coronavirus cases as new lockdown restrictions are introduced in parts of Scotland today.The First Minister took to Twitter this morning to urge Scotland to follow new restrictions currently implemented in council areas and new rules which apply across Scotland on Monday.She warned positive Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the West of Scotland and asked people not to let others into their homes or visit friends and family inside their homes.As of

Covid-19 in a Scots care home hopes legal action will prevent other families enduring a similar ordeal. Colin Harris passed away in April after catching the deadly bug.

West Dunbartonshire is worst in Scotland for Covid casesAnd she has spoken out about the conditions facing workers overwhelmed by calls after she worked a 12-hour shift in which she took 81 phone calls – which equates to more than one every 10 minutes without a break.She said: “The calls have been absolutely horrendous. The abuse I have taken has been awful.

gay' after weeks of torment from a teenage gang.Peter McCluskey, 25, said he endured weeks of homophobic abuse and violence from 'thugs' which led him to flee his flat in Greenhill Court, Rutherglen last week.The Scottish Government Civil Servant told how he was targeted any time he left his home by the gang of around 20 youths.He claims he was spat on, as well as being called a number of homophobic slurs, including 'gay boy' and 'p**fter*, several times a day.He added: "I tried to not let them

mum sought a second opinion.On June 1, doctors told Karen and Andrew Stirrat that their four-year-old son Caleb only had months left to live when his atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT) returned weeks after he had been given the all clear.Refusing to give up hope, the devastated Clydebank family searched for treatment for their son.Within days they found an oncologist in Manchester who agreed to put Caleb on a clinical trial - after the growth was removed.Glasgow Royal Hospital for Children

Covid-19. The cases were detected at Parkdale Care Home in Perthshire.

Love Island’s Iain Stirling put Lorraine Kelly in her place on her ITV show after she grilled him about the future of his relationship with Laura Whitmore. Lorraine, 60, asked Iain whether he had any plans to propose to his Love Island host girlfriend anytime soon, to which he had a sassy response.

anorexia when she sat on her kitchen floor at 4am working out whether broccoli or green beans had fewer calories.Ellen Maloney, now 37, has been fighting the condition for 25 years.But even the liver failure and the heart attack she suffered as a result of taking diet pills were nothing to her compared to having a 'meltdown in an aisle in Sainsbury’s because they had changed the packaging on lettuce'.Ellen believes if she had the right help when she was 12, decades of torment could have been

Ian Blackford has accused Boris Johnson of being prepared to see unemployment at levels last seen under Margaret Thatcher by withdrawing the furlough scheme in October. Scots can see a "tale of two governments" in response to the economic fall-out from the coronavirus crisis, the SNP Westminster leader claimed.

CCTV images show the latest attack in a criminal vendetta that forced a crusading councillor to stand down.Graeme Campbell bravely stood up to crooks in his South Lanarkshire ward but in return was hit with repeated threats and attacks on his home.Footage of the latest acid attack has been analysed by police, who are seeking witnesses who may be able to identify the masked man in distinctive Nike Air tracksuit bottoms and a hoodie who struck on August 16 at 3am.The joggers have a large Nike logo

paedophile who shared footage of child abuse has been jailed for 40 months. Monster Karl King was also added to the Sex Offenders Register after the 52-year-old appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Thursday.

pen pals for lonely residents hoping to make new friends after lockdown restrictions eased. The Dalmellington Care Centre in Ayr has issued a public appeal for open letters and pictures to be sent to their residents after visiting was prohibited for months during the coronavirus pandemic.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Residents from a Hamilton care centre have been keeping in touch with each other by showing off a variety of their talents.Throughout the pandemic, Lornebank Care Centre’s priority has been ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all its residents and staff.Whilst the home’s units remain isolated from one another in the best interest of residents and staff, the care centre has continued to encourage a