Rape suspect accused of Scots guesthouse attack 'traced from Facebook friend request'

Russell Findlay agrees he can be a very difficult man.An obsessive drive to get the bottom of things during almost 30 years as a journalist made him a few powerful enemies.His confrontational ethos brought dozens of criminals, crooked lawyers and disreputable politicians to public attention.But life was turned upside down two days before Christmas 2015 when a hitman disguised as a postie turned up at Findlay’s home and threw sulphuric acid in his face.Luckily, violent William “Basil” Burns, also

Scots cop accused of a six-year campaign of domestic abuse feared he was going to end up in jail, a court has heard.Police Constable Fraser Ross was recorded saying he would be locked up over his relationship with Anne-Marie Hirdman because he knows "how the system works."PC Ross, 41, denies repeatedly physically and mentally abusing Miss Hirdman, 42, through their six years together and is currently on trial over the claims at Hamilton Sheriff Court.Giving evidence on Tuesday, PC Ross, who has

court today. Suzanne Russell, 55, from Glasgow, told prosecutor Alex Prentice QC: “He said he was round the pub for a drink and he said a woman wouldn’t leave him alone and kept pestering him.

Fife, using a number of different mobile phones.

ecstasy has backed calls to review Scotland’s “ghastly” not proven verdict after watching the man who gave her the drug walk free from court.Grace Handling was 13 when she died after taking pills given to her by Callum Owens at his home in Irvine, Ayrshire, on the last day of school in June 2018.Owens went on trial at the High Court in Glasgow last year accused of killing Grace and admitted he had supplied the youngster with the tablets before finding her dead and fleeing.The 20-year-old was

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, “They’re Calling Me Home" (Nonesuch)Rhiannon Giddens' new album masterfully mixes the music of Ireland, Italy, Appalachia and heaven.A year of death and lockdown left Giddens thinking about home and all the word means.

Kidnapped in the dead of night, Mohamedou Ould Salahi found himself in Guantanamo Bay not knowing why he was there. Eventually, he was given legal counsel and his quest to find his way back home began.

attacking him in the street. Police have launched a manhunt after the man was assaulted at around 2:45pm on Wednesday.

He is the Scottish actor who joined the cast of Emmerdale as Mackezine Boyd in October last year. And actor, Lawrence Robb, 29, who plays younger brother of Moria Dingle in the ITV soap, recently revealed that the relationship between his character Mackenzie and Aaron Dingle “builds”.

Douglas Ross was tricked into making an X-rated comment in a Facebook Live blunder. The Tory chief was humiliated during the live stream on his own Facebook page on Tuesday evening, after one social media user duped him into the gag.

rape crisis centre. Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: “Waiting times for rape survivors to get support in Scotland are a national disgrace and should shame SNP ministers.

The Voice UK coach Will.i.am has come under fire from viewers who accused the star of being 'rude' to the Scots winner during the show's final. Singer Craig Eddie, from Falkirk, was crowned the winner of The Voice 2021 on Saturday night despite battling with anxiety throughout the competition.

police officer accused of a six-year campaign of domestic abuse was recorded allegedly making threats to his former partner, a court has heard. PC Fraser Ross was heard saying he "f****** snapped" and "I’'ve done things I've never thought I would" at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday.

Her work is available to read within the Scottish Review which was published on March 8.Teacher Miss Lundy, who was in charge of collating the entries for the competition, said: “Meggan’s words have a further reach than she knows.”

smash on a Scots street saw a car flip onto its roof this afternoon. The single vehicle collision took place at around 3pm in Kirkcaldy.

Westminster bar plans to sue his accuser. Ross Thomson, who represented Aberdeen South from June 2017 to November 2019, also wants Scottish Labour to suspend Paul Sweeney and for the party to hold an investigation into his conduct.

The way profound grief can become a path leading to belief in reincarnation and other supernatural phenomena forms the thematic tarmac for SXSW competitor Here Before. This wintery, unsettling drama, flecked with horror tropes in the tradition of Don't Look Now, Birth and other British-made meditations on loss, marks a distinctive and impressive debut for writer-director Stacey Gregg, who has worked mostly in British and Irish theater as well as writing episodes for TV shows such as Riviera.

rape a woman and kill her unless she dumped another man and slept with him is facing jail. Richard Campbell, 32, called the woman a "mong" and a "b****" and attempted to compel her to have sex with him, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.

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Glasgow street.Pictures on the No1Seems2Care Facebook paage show the overturned vehicle on the city's Springburn Road, which flipped after a collision with another vehicle.Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 10.45am this morning.Police and ambulance attended the scene.It is understood that the people involved have escaped with minor injuries after the collision.A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We are in attendance at a two vehicle collision with one vehicle overturned."We received