Scots carer stole £6,000 from vulnerable pensioner to buy new clothes and kids toys

Bellsmyre. The couple and their child, aged six, had been visiting a friend on Rebekah’s birthday on April 10 when the thieves struck at the Merkins Avenue address.

refunded him more than £2,500.Retired marine engineer Bill Glasson said he got the shock of his life when he was hit with three electricity bills for more than £22,000 each within the space of a week.Despite numerous attempts to address the matter with the company and find out what was happening, the frustrated 85-year-old said he was “getting nowhere” and was “stressed up to his eyeballs”.But after the Standard stepped in, Scottish Power backtracked and admitted Bill and wife Margaret, 81, had

assaulting a vulnerable actress.The film star, 33, took advantage of the 29 year-old woman who had appeared unwell after a night out.The incident occurred at the flat of fellow actor Scott Reid - Methadone Mick in BBC's Still Game.Guthrie had insisted he had only "helped" the woman that night - but his DNA was found on the inside of her underwear.The predator wept and said 'why?' as the verdict was delivered at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday.He had denied a sexual assault charge during a four

Dumfries pensioner got the shock of his life when he was hit with three electricity bills for more than £22,000 each. Retired marine engineer Bill Glasson, 85, received three demands for payment within the space of a week.

. Jacqueline Anne Tolland put the brakes on a woman’s wheelchair and pushed it against a dining room table with the brakes on, so she could not stand up.

Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon's party will set up a bonds plans if it's re-elected in May.

dog has miraculously survived a 300 foot horror plunge from a Scots waterfall unscathed.Heroic five hour efforts from the Moffat Mountain Rescue team saved little Louis the Springer spaniel after he fell in the Grey Mares Tail waterfall near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway.Louis had managed to slip his lead and dropped the massive distance- around the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York.Mountain rescue teams were sent to either side of the waterfall to try and find the pooch.They could

prison after the appeal against her sentence failed. Rosanna Anderson swindled more than £50,000 from the public purse after failing to inform the Department of Work and Pensions she was living with her then-partner in the family home.

Baillieston, watched in horror as the inferno ravaged their home of 30 years on Saturday morning. The 71-year-old has worked throughout lockdown in Morrisons to pay her mortgage off and son Jamie is crushed knowing she has lost everything after "putting every penny she had" into the home.

Glaswegians have raised more than £6,000 for a refugee food delivery courier after his bike was nicked. Abdulwahab Ibrahim Bahar had travelled to Scotland from his native Sudan around 18 months ago to start a new life away from war and poverty.

Police have launched a probe after the terrified man was robbed of his high-value mountain bike in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, at around 8pm on Saturday, April 10.

Nathan Evans was wowed by a primary school pupil who performed a rendition of his hit sea shanty. Former Postie and Tik Toker turned singing star Nathan has been riding high in the charts with his Wellerman hit.

married, as they celebrated their platinum anniversary. Davie Hunter, 93, and his wife Margaret, 89, marked a massive seven decades of "blissful" marriage on March 31.

coronavirus regulations have said they are 'devastated' after yobs allegedly broke in and stole hundreds of pounds of booze in the middle of the night. The Broadstraik Inn, in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, is counting the cost after the reported three-figure raid by thieves last night.

pensioner has been reported to police after a horror crash in Glasgow. The two-motor smash took place on Springburn Road, near the Shell Petrol Station on Saturday.

serial bogus caller who preys on the elderly got more than he bargained for - and found himself being attacked by the pensioner he was trying to rob.

baby from the day she was born now faces being struck off the social care register. Michael Finlay was jailed in June 2019 for five years after assaulting the tot to her severe injury and and to an extent where her life was in danger.

Princess Beatrice is encouraging kids with dyslexia to embrace it.

paramedic after receiving amazing care from the ambulance service. Gina Scanlan has told of her inspiration to join the Scottish Ambulance Service after witnessing the care her baby Willow received before she sadly died.