Ex-soldier jailed for kidnapping Scots shopkeeper says prison 'saved his life'

Apple - Android The court heard it suffered a head wound after being attacked by another dog.Hunter didn't seek treatment for the collie and at least two weeks passed before it was seen by a vet.The dog is understood to have made a good recovery.Scott O'Connor, prosecuting, said the Scottish SPCA received an anonymous call expressing concern for the dog on July 31 last year.He told the court: "The accused was contacted and said the collie had been attacked by another dog."An inspector went to

jailed for five years and four months. Liam Scott and two accomplices attacked and trussed up their victims and ransacked their bungalow in Dumfries before escaping with jewellery worth more than £50,000 and about £14,000 in cash.

brain tumour. Michael Mackay was diagnosed with the grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma after his wife Trish went upstairs to record him sleeping noisily in August 2020.

NHS worker Lybi Halliday has been found following a frantic police search. The 21-year-old, from Hamilton, had vanished after a night out in Glasgow city centre on Friday, April 30 at around 11.30pm.

issing NHS worker Lybi Halliday, from Hamilton, did not come home after allegedly being "approached by a man" in Glasgow. Police are now frantically searching for Lybi after she was last spotted in the city centre at around 11.30pm on Friday, April 30.

Scots munro after a smart watch was used to raise the alarm - via America. A member of the group used the hi-tech gadget's emergency SOS setting which triggered an alarm in Houston, Texas, before authorities were notified in Scotland.

legal dispute with his gran after £50,000 of her savings vanished was ordered to repay thousands of pounds to relatives.We revealed last week how James Mill, from Irvine, Ayrshire, had failed to fulfil a court order to return the money Isabella Mill and her partner gave him when he offered to help them buy a home together.Now it has emerged that a firm linked to the 33-year-old’s hotel business “unlawfully deducted” wages from his mum’s cousin’s wife and her son – while the dispute with his gran

officer who has probed corruption within the police. And, like the rest of the country, former Scottish Crime & Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) boss Graeme Pearson has been gripped by drama Line Of Duty.

MORE NEWS FROM THE PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS "We are very aware of how difficult it can be to report being a victim of child abuse. It can take many years before people feel able to report.

Dennistoun after they performed the Heimlich Manoeuvre and saved their life yesterday.Lauren was visiting the cafe with a family member when they began to choke on their food and couldn't breathe for what "felt like forever", according to Glasgow Live.Staff members were alerted to the distressing incident by Lauren's sister and three employees sprung to action.The staff - Poppy, Douglas and Erin - intervened and immediately phoned an ambulance as the team also provided comfort and

£50,000 of her and her partner’s life savings.Isabella Mill, 77, and John McCartan, 75, trusted her businessman grandson James Mill with the money after he promised to help them buy their new home together.But now, three years on, he’s boasting about a flash lifestyle in a £320,000 property while his devastated gran had to borrow money to move to a modest two-bedroom flat in Irvine, Ayrshire.Retired factory supervisor Isabella cried as she told of her “anger” at the grandson she once loved,

Police Scotland on Saturday after a mountain biker was badly hurt in Innerleithen.

jail in five years – and seeking love. Sex addict Emile Cilliers was jailed in 2018 after his wife Victoria fell 4000ft to the ground when he tampered with her parachute canopy.

At the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday, Robert Clifford was sentenced to five years in prison.That's after the 54-year-old was caught with around 65kg of the class A drug in the HGV lorry he was driving.

cocaine from London to Scotland has been jailed for five years. Robert Clifford, also known as Robert Stewart, was caught with 65 kilograms (more than 10 stone) of the class A drug carried in suitcases in his HGV.

Detective Chief Superintendent Stuart Houston, Police Scotland's Head of Organised Crime, said: "Keeping our communities safe and free from the nefarious activities of organised criminals remains an absolute priority for Police Scotland and I welcome the conviction and sentencing of Clifford.

Amazon after highlighting the 'blatant sexism' in a listing for a pop-up tent that boasts it's 'easy for women' to erect. Eve Gilmour was planning a camping trip with friends when one forwarded her a picture of the 'appalling' listing, which showed an image of three women struggling to put up a tent.

Thornliebank and died in front of his mum, Phyllis Ferns. He was in his Audi A3 on Crebar Street when a man approached and assaulted him.

Perth flat.Smullen, 23, claimed the fatal injury was inflicted when Barry pulled a knife on him and they both ”tripped and fell” during a struggle over the weapon.But a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh rejected his defence of self-defence and returned a majority verdict of culpable homicide.Sentencing Smullen on Friday, judge Lady Carmichael said the killer had been “disinhibited by alcohol and the effects of sexual jealously”.The judge added that no sentence imposed could “repair or lessen