Scots charity worker freed after 13 years in prison over 'fabricated' child abuse

Crosshouse hospital but sadly passed away on Monday. A 17-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

callous Scots killer who murdered a friend has been cleared of claims he hounded his girlfriend for nine years after being released from jail over the killing.Steven Burns was caged for life in 1999 for murdering pal Patrick O'Dowd in their hometown of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire.He stabbed Mr O'Dowd, 26, in the stomach after his victim had asked him to leave a party due to his drunken behaviour.But Burns, 44, was released on parole in 2010 and began a relationship with Joanne O'Rourke, 41.And

romantic boyfriend proposed from a plane with a special message written on a Scots beach. Jamie Ford pointed out the proposal to his stunned girlfriend - which read 'Anna, will you marry me?' - written on Barra beach as they flew to the island from Glasgow.

sex beast's jailing after a 30-year reign of terror against women and children. NSPCC Scotland bosses said Edwin Cuschieri has 'finally faced justice' as he was ordered to serve ten years behind bars following a trial at Edinburgh's High Court this week.

McVitie's biscuit factory took his own life because of fears he would not get a redundancy payout, his family claim. The distraught family of Andy Millar, 55, who had worked for the firm for 37 years, said he was sent home last Sunday evening after an incident on the production line.

police after concluding she didn’t have sex with 32-year-old William Muir. She told jurors how she had been 'playing a character' to defuse a row and the character would have been OK in having sex with Muir.

funeral. Leanne McNamara, 37, was left scarred for life after brawling in the street during one of a number of confrontations between members of the funeral party.Miss McNamara told a trial she "knew straight away" that her jaw had been broken after being punched in the face with full force by Theresa Boyle, 53.The trial was told that Boyle had shown her stepdaughter "an act of kindness" at the graveside by handing her a rose to thrown on her grandfather's coffin.

dog owner who was repeatedly told his pet was a danger faces having it put down after it bit a woman as she protected a baby.Keith Smith, 55, was warned over the behaviour of American Staffordshire bull terrier, Star.Despite the concerns, Star escaped from Smith’s ground floor flat in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, before sinking its teeth into Gillian Ford.

sex attacks against women and children over a nearly 30-year period. Edwin Cuschieri, from Orkney, was found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh of six charges, including rapes, sexual assaults and indecent assaults against two women and a number of children on the island between 1988 and 2016.

sex several times with a teenage girl in his care at the home where he was supposed to be looking after her. Michael Wilkinson, 32, admitted abusing his position and breaching trust by having unprotected sex with the girl on three occasions.

play park. The 50-year-old was walking at the bottom of Cramond Terrace in the town at around 2pm on Saturday, May 15, when she was approached by the suspect.He attempted to grab her handbag but made off empty handed leaving his victim ‘extremely upset’ by the ordeal.Officers are keen to trace the man, described as being in his 30s, who they believe fled the scene using a number of paths leading away from the play area.

coronavirus. Leah Whyte took son Logan to hospital in Aberdeen after the tot started being violently sick and developed a rash.

crimes against children. David Brown was released last week and claims he was framed for the offences that led to 15 years in a hellhole jail.

Perthshire community has been left disgusted after a children’s playpark was allegedly smeared with dog poo over the weekend. The incident has seen suspected faeces spread over swing seats, the play chute and on the handles of the rocking horse along with numerous other surfaces at the site on Hunter Street, Auchterarder.

marrying his soulmate of 10 years in hospital. Andrew Renfrew, from Cumbernauld, passed away on Wednesday, May 5, after a sudden and shock lung cancer diagnoses just five weeks ago.

fifth instalment i n the Indiana Jones series is to be shot in the Highlands later this year. And there’s more good news for Scotland’s film industry as Glasgow and Edinburgh will be used to recreate Gotham City in superhero movie The Flash, which stars Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as two versions of the Dark Knight.

JobCentre Plus office following a routine background check - despite having no criminal record. Bosses at the centre in Kilmarnock took action after Disclosure Scotland - the government agency responsible for carrying out criminal records checks on candidates for employers - gave the wrong information.

elderly woman was left 'very shaken' after being pushed to the ground by a thug in a terrifying attempted robbery. The criminal had watched the 78-year-old withdraw money from a cash machine in the Kincorth area of Aberdeen before she was set upon.

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.

Scottish Government guidelines. Fuming mum Amber Pattullo has hit out at the retailer and says she was forced to publicly explain why her 12-year-old son Taylor was exempt at the Loanhead, Edinburgh branch.