NHS doctor chased down yobs who smashed her car days after her bike was stolen. Rachel Thompson, from Edinburgh, was left furious after watching her car being vandalised on Friday, April 2 outside her flat.
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Lord Beckett told the brothers at the High Court in Edinburgh: “By deliberately striking the complainer with the car you could easily have killed him.“This was an extremely serious example of attempted murder.”Lord Beckett said the victim was left permanently scarred and impaired following the attack.He added: “In wicked hands such as yours, your sister’s car became a brutal weapon.”“For such an appalling crime, there is no suitable alternative to a substantial sentence of imprisonment in order
.NHS doctor chased down yobs who smashed her car days after her bike was stolen. Rachel Thompson, from Edinburgh, was left furious after watching her car being vandalised on Friday, April 2 outside her flat.
Outlander crew recently returned back to set in Scotland for season six and the network confirmed a season seven will go ahead.Stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish have also delighted fans with their travel show Men in Kilts, which is helping to make #Droughtlander seem a little less of a pain.It's been an exciting year for those who love the Outlander universe.And that's before you consider the fact that a spin-off is now looking increasingly likely.This latest installment will be the ninth in
Scots garage which reportedly left 13 motors with around £100,000 worth of damage have charged a man. The 35-year-old has been charged in connection with causing extensive damage to vehicles at Murray Motors in Fraserburgh.
blocked after an HGV careered across the carriageways before coming to rest in a bed of daffodils.
nurse has been suspended after after a litany of failings including wrongly performing a bladder scan, telling a GP a patient had thrush and not properly helping a patient to the toilet. The Nursery and Midwifery council found dozens of allegations proven against Fife man William Victory McAuley during a hearing this month.
mum was left horrified after her neighbour's porn accidentally played through her child's night light while she was asleep. Dawn Lothian, from Edinburgh, had put her daughter to bed when she was startled by 'load moans' coming from her bedroom.
A woman involved in a drug dealing operation narrowly avoided a prison sentence this week.Police officers stopped a BMW in East Kilbride when it almost crashed into their vehicle after failing to give way.Inside the car they found more than £1000 in banknotes and a bag containing cannabis wraps.Amy Adams, 26, was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work when she appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.She admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis in Sydney Drive, East
horror crash on a Scots road and a young woman 'seriously injured'. Emergency services raced to the scene after the fatal collision between a silver Vauxhall Corsa and a white Honda Jazz near Dumfries yesterday around noon on the B725 Dumfries to Glencaple road.
knife the throat of a teenage Good Samaritan to steal his expensive mountain bike has been jailed. Gary Maxwell, 34, pretended to 17-year-old Mark Cooper that he needed to know when the next bus was due to arrive.
Police are calling for witnesses after a car was set on fire at a Scots high school.Emergency services in Fort William were called to the scene of the blaze at Lochaber High School in the Camaghael area around 6am this morning, March 15.Around 7am officers received reports of a break-in at the school.Scottish Fire and Rescue managed to extinguish the blaze and police have confirmed the fire is being treated as deliberate.Thankfully no one was injured in the incident.Officers are looking for
RAF base.Military cops are probing an incident at RAF Honington in Suffolk, where a young solider in the RAF regiment was allegedly raped with a mortar tube- usually used to fire heavy explosives.A lurid video supposedly showing the rape has been circulated online.While air force bosses insist such ceremonies have never been allowed, the parents of Robert Fleeting said the claims show that the culture in the military must change.Robert, from East Kilbride, was a firefighter in the service and
attacking his wife has been hit with a tougher sentence after a campaign for justice by his victim.Keida MacKenzie said she hopes the appeal victory against ex John Donnelly will give other victims strength to challenge unduly lenient sentences for abusers.She said: “I need people out there suffering domestic abuse to know there is hope.
burned when another inmate mixed sugar with boiling water and threw it at him.Shaun Dunn claimed he was getting his revenge in first because he feared Rickie Tait was planning to target him in Perth Prison.Michael Sweeney, prosecuting, said: “Rickie Tait had been in the prison since November 2018 and was in cell 28 with another prisoner.“Shaun Dunn was a prisoner at the time.
puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told
stabbing a young dad in the back 11 times with such force that the blade snapped off.Callum Andrews carried out the brutal killing of Terry Smith at a Motherwell house party in the early hours of August 13, 2019.The High Court in Glasgow was told that the incident was sparked after the 30-year-old victim began winding up another man, Connor Doherty, about the t-shirt he was wearing.Andrews, 22, grabbed a blade from the kitchen and attacked Terry while 20-year-old Doherty smashed him over the
drunk thug dubbed Scotland's skint answer to Richard Burton has been caged for a savage attack which left his gun woman girlfriend with a triple ankle fracture. Gary Kinnon and Deborah Milligan have been described as a budget version of Burton and Elizabeth Taylor due to their drinking habits and tempestuous relationship - and lack of diamonds.
true crime fanatics are wanted to take part in a new Channel 4 series.Murder Island is seeking teams of 'ordinary' telly fans to try their hand at becoming detectives to solve a murder mystery.Participants will have pathologists, forensic scientists, psychologists and more at their disposal.Teams will compete to see if they can identify the suspect and bring them to justice.STV Studios, with headquarters in Glasgow, is producing the series for Channel 4.The deadline for applications is March
stalker attached a tracking device to his former lover's car so he could follow her more than a decade after she ended their relationship.Former special constable Abdul Salam, 37, set up an elaborate ruse to try and convince Razia Azhar's husband that she was cheating on him.He posed as a woman called 'Samantha' and reported Mrs Azhar's movements to her husband in a bid to convince him his wife was having an affair.But Mr and Mrs Azhar set up a sting operation to out Salam and that led to an
Edinburgh mum Diana Meacock was horrified when her son Ollie made the discovery near their local Scotmid shop in Portobello.The child was on a playdate with a friend when they found the weapon near Bath Street.Diana, 25, says her son came running out of the bushes upset after finding the dangerous blade.She told Edinburgh Live: "We were out with one of his friends and we stopped at the shop for a juice and a snack.